Ribbleton Demographics (Preston, England)

Ribbleton is a ward in Preston of North West, England and includes areas of Fernyhalgh, Ribbleton, Fulwood and Grange.

In the 2011 census the population of Ribbleton was 8,548 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Ribbleton is 35, while the median age is lower at 33.

89.9% of people living in Ribbleton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 1.0% India, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Pakistan, 0.5% Wales, 0.2% Jamaica, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Nigeria.

95.3% of people living in Ribbleton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% Polish, 0.6% Gujarati, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.4% Urdu, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Shona, 0.1% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Ribbleton is 69.2% Christian, 19.2% No religion, 2.9% Muslim, 1.4% Hindu, 0.4% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist. 510 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

34.1% of people are married, 14.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.4% are separated or divorced. There are 498 widowed people living in Ribbleton.

The top occupations listed by people in Ribbleton are Elementary 20.1%, Elementary administration and service 17.4%, Skilled trades 14.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.6%, Sales and customer service 10.6%, Caring personal service 9.6%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Sales 8.7%, Administrative 7.9%.