Belah Demographics (Carlisle, England)

Belah is a ward in Carlisle of North West, England and includes areas of Tarraby, Parkhouse, Houghton, Kingstown Industrial Estate, Hadrians Camp, Kingstown Ind Est, Kingstown Business Park, Etterby, Rickerby, Kingmoor, Edentown, Stainton and Stanwix.

In the 2011 census the population of Belah was 6,149 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Belah is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

85.8% of people living in Belah were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 7.8% Scotland, 0.5% India, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.2% China, 0.1% Bangladesh.

97.4% of people living in Belah speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% Polish, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Turkish, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Nepalese, 0.1% Northern European Language.

The religious make up of Belah is 71.5% Christian, 19.2% No religion, 0.8% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist. 440 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.3% of people are married, 10.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.9% are separated or divorced. There are 305 widowed people living in Belah.

The top occupations listed by people in Belah are Professional 14.4%, Administrative and secretarial 13.4%, Skilled trades 12.3%, Associate professional and technical 11.3%, Elementary 11.0%, Sales and customer service 10.9%, Administrative 10.3%, Elementary administration and service 10.0%, Sales 9.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.5%.