Dalston Demographics (Hackney, England)

Dalston is a ward in Hackney of London, England and includes areas of Hackney, Dalston, Kingsland, Mildmay, Shacklewell and London Fields.

In the 2011 census the population of Dalston was 14,727 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Dalston is 33, while the median age is lower at 30.

56.2% of people living in Dalston were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.6% Nigeria, 1.9% Jamaica, 1.8% Ireland, 1.8% South America, 1.6% Ghana, 1.5% Scotland, 1.3% Australia, 1.1% United States, 1.0% Bangladesh.

76.4% of people living in Dalston speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Turkish, 1.8% Spanish, 1.4% French, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Italian, 1.1% German, 1.0% Bengali, 1.0% Portuguese, 0.6% Arabic.

The religious make up of Dalston is 38.1% Christian, 34.0% No religion, 13.8% Muslim, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.9% Jewish, 0.8% Sikh, 0.6% Hindu, 0.2% Atheist. 1,281 people did not state a religion. 55 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

19.1% of people are married, 14.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 49.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 730 widowed people living in Dalston.

The top occupations listed by people in Dalston are Professional 26.3%, Associate professional and technical 25.7%, Business, media and public service professionals 14.4%, Culture, media and sports 14.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.0%, Elementary 9.3%, Elementary administration and service 8.8%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.6%, Administrative and secretarial 7.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 6.6%.