Spencer Demographics (Northampton, England)

Spencer is a ward in Northampton of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Rye Hill, Lodge Farm Industrial Estate, Dallington, King's Heath, Spencer, Heathville and Kings Heath Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Spencer was 5,849 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Spencer is 36, while the median age is lower at 33.

75.0% of people living in Spencer were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.5% Bangladesh, 1.2% Somalia, 1.1% Scotland, 1.0% Ireland, 0.9% India, 0.8% Kenya, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Zimbabwe.

82.6% of people living in Spencer speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.9% Bengali, 3.9% Polish, 1.0% Romanian, 0.8% Somali, 0.5% Russian, 0.5% Albanian, 0.5% Swahili/Kiswahili, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.4% Latvian.

The religious make up of Spencer is 48.0% Christian, 27.2% No religion, 14.3% Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 0.3% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist. 440 people did not state a religion. 7 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.3% of people are married, 12.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 330 widowed people living in Spencer.

The top occupations listed by people in Spencer are Elementary 22.5%, Elementary administration and service 19.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.8%, Skilled trades 10.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.2%, Associate professional and technical 9.0%, Caring personal service 8.8%, Professional 8.1%.