St George's Demographics (Preston, England)

St George's is a ward in Preston of North West, England.

In the 2011 census the population of St George's was 7,029 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in St George's is 29, while the median age is lower at 22.

71.9% of people living in St George's were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 7.6% India, 2.8% China, 2.3% Pakistan, 1.3% Scotland, 1.1% Northern Ireland, 1.1% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.3% Nigeria, 0.3% Kenya.

79.2% of people living in St George's speak English. The other top languages spoken are 7.8% Gujarati, 2.7% All other Chinese, 2.3% Polish, 1.2% Panjabi, 1.2% Arabic, 1.0% Urdu, 0.5% Greek, 0.3% Hindi, 0.3% Hungarian.

The religious make up of St George's is 40.0% Christian, 25.1% No religion, 24.0% Muslim, 2.0% Hindu, 0.8% Sikh, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 429 people did not state a religion. 66 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

28.1% of people are married, 10.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 42.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 352 widowed people living in St George's.

The top occupations listed by people in St George's are Elementary 25.8%, Elementary administration and service 22.4%, Sales and customer service 20.1%, Sales 17.3%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 15.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.9%, Administrative and secretarial 8.7%, Administrative 7.5%, Professional 7.5%.