Penrith South Demographics (Eden, England)

Penrith South is a ward in Eden of North West, England and includes areas of Devonshire Arcade, Fair Hill, Penrith New Squares, Beacon Edge, Inglewood Bank and Bowscar.

In the 2011 census the population of Penrith South was 2,496 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Penrith South is 44, while the median age is also 44.

91.0% of people living in Penrith South were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.8% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.3% India, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% South Africa.

96.5% of people living in Penrith South speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Polish, 0.3% Latvian, 0.3% Malayalam, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% Italian.

The religious make up of Penrith South is 72.9% Christian, 19.7% No religion, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Jewish. 172 people did not state a religion. 3 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.3% of people are married, 11.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.9% are separated or divorced. There are 167 widowed people living in Penrith South.

The top occupations listed by people in Penrith South are Skilled trades 16.4%, Elementary 14.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.6%, Elementary administration and service 12.3%, Sales and customer service 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Administrative and secretarial 10.9%, Sales 10.5%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.2%.