East Demographics (Peterborough, England)

East is a ward in Peterborough of East of England, England and includes areas of Fengate, Gunthorpe and Eastgate.

In the 2011 census the population of East was 11,021 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in East is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

63.2% of people living in East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.3% Pakistan, 2.6% India, 1.4% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.6% Kenya, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Jamaica.

69.4% of people living in East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 8.9% Polish, 3.6% Lithuanian, 2.8% Portuguese, 2.2% Panjabi, 1.9% Urdu, 1.4% Gujarati, 1.3% Slovak, 1.1% Persian/Farsi, 1.1% Latvian.

The religious make up of East is 53.6% Christian, 20.5% No religion, 15.4% Muslim, 1.4% Hindu, 0.8% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 788 people did not state a religion. 33 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.0% of people are married, 13.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.3% are separated or divorced. There are 687 widowed people living in East.

The top occupations listed by people in East are Elementary 26.2%, Elementary administration and service 18.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 15.2%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%, Skilled trades 9.0%, Sales and customer service 8.9%, Professional 8.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.7%, Associate professional and technical 7.9%.