Central Barrow refers to the town centre of Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...

, Cumbria

Cumbria

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, North West England

North West England

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, UK. Central Barrow is also the name of the electoral ward that covers roughly the Eastern part of Barrow Town Centre. In 2001 5,584 (ranking 5th out of 13) lived in the Central ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

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, with the majority of people being White British

White British

White British was an ethnicity classification used in the 2001 United Kingdom Census. As a result of the census, 50,366,497 people in the United Kingdom were classified as White British. In Scotland the classification was broken down into two different categories: White Scottish and Other White...

, Eastern European or East Asian. The population density is 55.96 per hectare

Hectare

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, which is well above the Barrow average of 9.24, and England

England

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 average, 3.77. Central Barrow is a fairly deprived area in terms of inhabitants with the average weekly income being around £100 lower than the region

North West England

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's average, however the area being the central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 of the town is also home to many of Barrow's retail outlets, as well as a large amount of offices, restaurants, and governmental buildings. Part of the multi-million pound Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness

The Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness

The Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness is a £200 million development currently under construction in and around the Port of Barrow, North West England. The site covers an area of some and is due for completion in 2020...

 is being constructed in the southern part of Central Barrow (including the new Marina Village).

Demographics

Vital statistics	Central Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness	England
Religious individuals	75.72%	81.61%	77.71%
Non-religious individuals	15.52%	10.79%	14.59%
Religion withheld	9.08%	7.59%	7.69%
Individuals in fairly good to good health	81.20%	86.75%	90.97%
Individuals in bad health	18.80%	13.25%	9.03%
People aged 16-74 who are economically active	54.88%	60.84%	66.87%
People aged 16-74 who aren't economically active	45.12%	39.16%	33.13%
People aged 16-74 with no qualifications	41.34%	32.82%	28.85%

See also

• Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall
  Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall
  Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall is a Victorian-era, neo-gothic municipal building in Barrow-in-Furness, England. The building serves as the base of Barrow Borough Council and houses a number of local government departments. The building was constructed in a four year period entirely from local sandstone...
  
  
• Barrow Borough Council
  Barrow-in-Furness (borough)
  Barrow-in-Furness is a local government district with borough status in Cumbria, England. It is named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements include Dalton-in-Furness, Roose and Askam-in-Furness. It is the smallest borough in the county, but is the most densely populated, with...
  
  
• Hindpool Retail Parks
  Hindpool Retail Parks
  The Hindpool Retail Parks are a set of four conjoined retail parks in the Hindpool area of Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom . Some thirty stores and leisure facilities contain a total of over of retail space...