Barton Demographics (New Forest, England)

Barton is a ward in New Forest of South East, England and includes areas of Barton On Sea and Barton-On-Sea.

In the 2011 census the population of Barton was 5,454 and is made up of approximately 54% females and 46% males.

The average age of people in Barton is 57, while the median age is higher at 62.

90.3% of people living in Barton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 1.8% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.3% India, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Philippines.

98.2% of people living in Barton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% French, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% German, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Barton is 71.3% Christian, 19.4% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Humanist. 411 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

59.9% of people are married, 7.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 13.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.3% are separated or divorced. There are 242 widowed people living in Barton.

The top occupations listed by people in Barton are Professional 15.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 14.2%, Skilled trades 13.9%, Associate professional and technical 12.7%, Administrative and secretarial 12.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.7%, Caring personal service 8.2%, Corporate managers and directors 7.9%, Elementary 7.8%, Administrative 7.8%.