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Hawcoat shown within Barrow-in-Furness |
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| Population | 5,307 |
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| District | Barrow-in-Furness |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARROW-IN-FURNESS |
| Postcode district | LA |
| Dialling code | 01229 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Barrow and Furness |
| List of places: UK • England • Cumbria | |
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 had a population of 5,307. The ward has more female residents than male and is the most ethnically diverse ward of Barrow, with recent estimates stating 87% of the ward's population as being of any White background, 6% of any Asian race (Hawcoat has the highest number and percentage of South Asians in Cumbria), 4% Black, and 3% as Other; around half or the ward's population was born outside of the town (with many of the non-indigenous being employed by the NHS at Furness General Hospital which is situated in the ward). Hawcoat covers an area of 4.58 square kilometres and has a population density of 1,160/km² (compared to 924/km² in Barrow as a whole). The town's second most successful football club, Holker Old Boys F.C., are based in Hawcoat on Rakesmoor Lane.
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