Penkside Demographics (Stafford, England)

Penkside is a ward in Stafford of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Highfields, Risingbrook, Wildwood, Rickerscote, Queensville, Walton-On-The-Hill and Silkmore.

In the 2011 census the population of Penkside was 4,587 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Penkside is 36, while the median age is lower at 35.

90.3% of people living in Penkside were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Wales, 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% India, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.2% United States, 0.2% China, 0.2% Jamaica, 0.2% Nigeria.

96.9% of people living in Penkside speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of Penkside is 60.8% Christian, 29.9% No religion, 0.8% Hindu, 0.7% Sikh, 0.6% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist. 271 people did not state a religion. 11 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.7% of people are married, 13.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.0% are separated or divorced. There are 266 widowed people living in Penkside.

The top occupations listed by people in Penkside are Professional 15.5%, Elementary 13.7%, Associate professional and technical 12.8%, Elementary administration and service 12.0%, Skilled trades 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 11.2%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.9%, Sales 8.2%.