St Peter's Demographics (Tameside, England)

St Peter's is a ward in Tameside of North West, England and includes areas of Crowhill, Guide Bridge, Heylee, Fairthorne Grange, Cavendish Mill, Ryecroft, Ashton Moss, Cockbrook, Hurst Brook, Higher Hurst, Tameside, The Arches, Thompson Cross, Hurst Knoll, Parkbridge, Park Bridge, Smallshaw, Wilshaw, Alt Hill, Limehurst, Holebottom, Hartshead Green and Audenshaw.

In the 2011 census the population of St Peter's was 12,254 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in St Peter's is 35, while the median age is lower at 33.

76.1% of people living in St Peter's were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 7.2% Pakistan, 2.2% Bangladesh, 1.6% India, 1.2% Scotland, 0.5% Kenya, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.4% China, 0.4% Wales.

80.2% of people living in St Peter's speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.4% Urdu, 3.8% Polish, 2.7% Bengali, 2.6% Panjabi, 1.6% Gujarati, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Albanian, 0.2% French, 0.2% Spanish.

The religious make up of St Peter's is 46.9% Christian, 21.3% Muslim, 20.7% No religion, 3.3% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 813 people did not state a religion. 46 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

34.0% of people are married, 11.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.9% are separated or divorced. There are 906 widowed people living in St Peter's.

The top occupations listed by people in St Peter's are Elementary 18.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 14.9%, Elementary administration and service 13.8%, Skilled trades 12.7%, Sales and customer service 11.4%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Sales 9.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.8%, Associate professional and technical 8.7%, Administrative 8.4%.