Western Park Demographics (Leicester, England)

Western Park is a ward in Leicester of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Kirby Frith, New Parks Estate, Dominion Estate and New Parks.

In the 2011 census the population of Western Park was 10,609 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Western Park is 39, while the median age is lower at 36.

75.5% of people living in Western Park were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.8% India, 1.7% Kenya, 1.1% Scotland, 1.0% Ireland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% China, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Somalia.

84.4% of people living in Western Park speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.8% Polish, 3.6% Gujarati, 1.4% Panjabi, 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% Slovak, 0.3% Latvian, 0.3% Turkish.

The religious make up of Western Park is 47.1% Christian, 31.1% No religion, 7.3% Hindu, 3.4% Muslim, 2.8% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 680 people did not state a religion. 64 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

37.4% of people are married, 13.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 33.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.6% are separated or divorced. There are 480 widowed people living in Western Park.

The top occupations listed by people in Western Park are Professional 21.6%, Associate professional and technical 13.5%, Elementary 13.4%, Elementary administration and service 11.5%, Administrative and secretarial 10.4%, Skilled trades 9.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.7%, Administrative 8.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.9%, Sales and customer service 7.8%.