Murton Demographics (County Durham, England)

Murton is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Murton Village and Murton.

In the 2011 census the population of Murton was 7,975 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Murton is 40, while the median age is also 40.

97.0% of people living in Murton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Wales, 0.1% India, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Kenya, 0.1% United States.

99.4% of people living in Murton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Murton is 74.3% Christian, 18.4% No religion, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic. 495 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

41.9% of people are married, 12.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.9% are separated or divorced. There are 460 widowed people living in Murton.

The top occupations listed by people in Murton are Sales and customer service 13.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.1%, Elementary 12.9%, Skilled trades 11.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Professional 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 10.8%, Caring personal service 9.3%, Elementary administration and service 9.3%, Associate professional and technical 9.2%.