Arleston Demographics (Telford and Wrekin, England)

Arleston is a ward in Telford and Wrekin of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Wellington, Ketley, Newdale, Park Dale, Ketleybrook, Haybridge Road Ind Est, Hadligh Park Road Ind Est, Wrekin Retail Park, Hadley, Steeraway, New Hadley, Ketley Business Park, Sunningdale, Hortonwood Ind Est, Mosseygreen, Pottersbank, Wellington Retail Park, Arleston, Lawley Furnaces, Broadway and Redlake.

In the 2011 census the population of Arleston was 3,635 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Arleston is 35, while the median age is lower at 33.

84.1% of people living in Arleston were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.4% Pakistan, 1.2% Scotland, 1.2% Wales, 0.6% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Jamaica, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Ghana, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

89.2% of people living in Arleston speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.6% Polish, 3.4% Urdu, 1.4% Panjabi, 0.7% Pakistani Pahari, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Estonian, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Any other Nigerian language, 0.1% Gujarati.

The religious make up of Arleston is 55.5% Christian, 24.7% No religion, 11.7% Muslim, 1.1% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 215 people did not state a religion. 10 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.8% of people are married, 13.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 187 widowed people living in Arleston.

The top occupations listed by people in Arleston are Elementary 16.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 15.9%, Elementary administration and service 12.6%, Skilled trades 10.6%, Professional 10.5%, Sales and customer service 10.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Sales 9.6%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.2%.