Prescot East Demographics (Knowsley, England)

Prescot East is a ward in Knowsley of North West, England and includes areas of Whiston and Whiston Cross.

In the 2011 census the population of Prescot East was 7,604 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Prescot East is 38, while the median age is also 38.

95.5% of people living in Prescot East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.1% Hong Kong .

98.3% of people living in Prescot East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Tamil, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% German, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% British sign language.

The religious make up of Prescot East is 77.8% Christian, 14.8% No religion, 0.5% Hindu, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist. 443 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.7% of people are married, 12.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.0% are separated or divorced. There are 433 widowed people living in Prescot East.

The top occupations listed by people in Prescot East are Elementary 15.1%, Elementary administration and service 13.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.8%, Professional 12.6%, Skilled trades 12.1%, Administrative and secretarial 12.1%, Caring personal service 10.3%, Sales and customer service 10.1%, Administrative 9.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.2%.