Keele Demographics (Newcastle-under-Lyme, England)

Keele is a ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme of West Midlands, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Keele was 4,129 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Keele is 25, while the median age is lower at 20.

68.2% of people living in Keele were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.5% China, 2.7% Wales, 2.6% Hong Kong , 1.1% Nigeria, 1.0% India, 0.8% Kenya, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Pakistan, 0.6% Zimbabwe.

82.6% of people living in Keele speak English. The other top languages spoken are 7.4% All other Chinese, 1.6% Cantonese Chinese, 0.9% Malay, 0.7% Russian, 0.6% Turkish, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% Greek, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Mandarin Chinese.

The religious make up of Keele is 39.8% Christian, 39.2% No religion, 6.4% Muslim, 2.5% Hindu, 1.7% Buddhist, 1.6% Sikh, 0.3% Agnostic, 0.2% Atheist. 257 people did not state a religion. 49 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

53.6% of people are married, 8.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 4.9% are separated or divorced. There are 26 widowed people living in Keele.

The top occupations listed by people in Keele are Professional 27.1%, Elementary 20.6%, Elementary administration and service 19.7%, Sales and customer service 18.3%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 16.9%, Teaching and educational professionals 16.9%, Sales 15.8%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 14.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Administrative and secretarial 7.5%.