Plympton Erle Demographics (Plymouth, England)

Plympton Erle is a ward in Plymouth of South West, England and includes areas of Saltram, Chaddlewood and Plympton.

In the 2011 census the population of Plympton Erle was 8,853 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Plympton Erle is 43, while the median age is higher at 44.

93.6% of people living in Plympton Erle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 1.1% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% India, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Australia, 0.1% United States.

99.2% of people living in Plympton Erle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% French, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Thai.

The religious make up of Plympton Erle is 65.6% Christian, 25.7% No religion, 0.2% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist. 623 people did not state a religion. 43 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

53.3% of people are married, 10.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.1% are separated or divorced. There are 452 widowed people living in Plympton Erle.

The top occupations listed by people in Plympton Erle are Professional 14.9%, Skilled trades 13.2%, Associate professional and technical 12.8%, Administrative and secretarial 12.0%, Sales and customer service 11.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.2%, Administrative 9.4%, Elementary 9.2%, Caring personal service 9.0%, Sales 8.8%.