THE average South Lakeland resident is among the oldest in the North West aged 43 - according to the 2001 Census. Eden is revealed as the most sparsely populated district of England, with the highest proportion of white people 99.6 per cent and the third highest percentage of women with a skilled trade. Barrow-in-Furness has the highest percentage of skilled male workers in the North West, while 12 per cent of the population are unpaid carers, and 26 per cent have no central heating at home a figure only topped by the Isles of Scilly and Liverpool. Cumbria's population rose by more than 4,000 to 487,807 in the decade leading up to the Census and the county has one of the highest proportions of Christians.
February 14, 2003 09:30
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