Prenton Demographics (Wirral, England)

Prenton is a ward in Wirral of North West, England and includes areas of North Cheshire Trading Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Prenton was 14,488 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Prenton is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

93.4% of people living in Prenton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Wales, 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Philippines.

98.5% of people living in Prenton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Prenton is 73.2% Christian, 17.7% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 1,019 people did not state a religion. 38 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

45.7% of people are married, 9.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.9% are separated or divorced. There are 810 widowed people living in Prenton.

The top occupations listed by people in Prenton are Professional 16.0%, Administrative and secretarial 14.1%, Skilled trades 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Administrative 11.0%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Elementary 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.4%, Caring personal service 8.9%, Elementary administration and service 8.9%.