Earlestown Demographics (St. Helens, England)

Earlestown is a ward in St. Helens of North West, England and includes areas of Newton Common, Suez Street Caravan Site, The Foxes, Crown Meadow, Deacon Trading Estate, The Parks, New Boston, Woodlands Ind Est, Golborne Dale and The Parchments.

In the 2011 census the population of Earlestown was 10,830 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Earlestown is 38, while the median age is lower at 37.

94.7% of people living in Earlestown were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% China, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.1% India, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Australia.

98.6% of people living in Earlestown speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Earlestown is 74.3% Christian, 18.5% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Humanist. 581 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

40.5% of people are married, 14.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.3% are separated or divorced. There are 642 widowed people living in Earlestown.

The top occupations listed by people in Earlestown are Professional 14.5%, Elementary 13.3%, Skilled trades 12.6%, Elementary administration and service 11.7%, Associate professional and technical 11.7%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Sales and customer service 10.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.3%.