Ormsgill is a ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

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 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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, England

England

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. It is bordered by Hindpool

Hindpool

Hindpool is an area and electoral ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is bordered by Barrow Island, Central Barrow, Ormsgill, Parkside and the Walney Channel, the local population stood at 5,515 in 2001. The ward covers the entire western half of the town centre and includes Barrow's...

, Parkside

Parkside, Barrow-in-Furness

Parkside is an area and electoral ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is bordered by Hindpool, Ormsgill, Hawcoat, Newbarns and Risedale and had a population of 5,742 in 2001. It is one of the town's most centralised wards and contains Barrow's main park , as well as the newly...

, Hawcoat

Hawcoat

Hawcoat is a ward of the UK town Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, North West England.The ward is one of the few places in Barrow that has been permanently inhabited since the middle ages; Hawcoat was named and identified as Hietun in the Domesday Book. It is the most northerly ward in Barrow and in 2001...

, Roanhead and the Walney Channel

Walney Channel

Walney Channel is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water in the Irish Sea which separates Walney Island from Barrow-in-Furness on the Great Britain mainland. The channel forms the head of the Furness peninsula and is approximately in length....

. The population of the ward in 2001 stood at 5,961 (2,883 male and 3,078 female). Ormsgill covers an area of 4,581 m² and although the majority of this land 3,348 m² is in greenspace, the overwhelming majority of the ward's 5,961 residents resided in the densely populated south-east corner. The northern part of Ormsgill is predominantly industrial

Industry

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 and includes a large Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark

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plant and numerous other industrial estates.

Demographics

Vital statistics	Ormsgill	Barrow-in-Furness	England
Religious individuals	78.57%	81.61%	77.71%
Non-religious individuals	12.41%	10.79%	14.59%
Religion withheld	8.97%	7.59%	7.69%
Individuals in fairly good to good health	85.69%	86.75%	90.97%
Individuals in bad health	14.31%	13.25%	9.03%
People aged 16-74 who are economically active	60.40%	60.84%	66.87%
People aged 16-74 who aren't economically active	39.60%	39.16%	33.13%
People aged 16–74 with no qualifications	37.19%	32.82%	28.85%