St Andrew's Demographics (Colchester, England)

St Andrew's is a ward in Colchester of East of England, England and includes areas of Parsons Heath, Greenstead Estate, Welshwood Park and Greenstead.

In the 2011 census the population of St Andrew's was 10,991 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in St Andrew's is 32, while the median age is lower at 25.

74.9% of people living in St Andrew's were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% China, 1.5% Scotland, 1.0% Nigeria, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.6% India, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% United States.

83.4% of people living in St Andrew's speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.2% Arabic, 2.1% All other Chinese, 1.6% Greek, 1.5% Polish, 0.9% Lithuanian, 0.6% Spanish, 0.6% Romanian, 0.5% Bulgarian, 0.5% French.

The religious make up of St Andrew's is 46.9% Christian, 37.9% No religion, 4.6% Muslim, 1.0% Buddhist, 0.9% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 801 people did not state a religion. 55 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

27.2% of people are married, 10.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 44.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.0% are separated or divorced. There are 741 widowed people living in St Andrew's.

The top occupations listed by people in St Andrew's are Elementary 20.2%, Elementary administration and service 16.9%, Sales and customer service 14.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.6%, Sales 12.7%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 11.5%, Caring personal service 11.3%, Skilled trades 10.3%, Professional 9.8%, Caring Personal Services 8.5%.