Peartree Demographics (Southampton, England)

Peartree is a ward in Southampton of South East, England and includes areas of Botany Bay, Sholing, Pleasant View, Freemantle Common, Merry Oak, Itchen and Dodwell.

In the 2011 census the population of Peartree was 14,203 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

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

88.3% of people living in Peartree were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% India, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% China, 0.1% Philippines.

95.2% of people living in Peartree speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Polish, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% French, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Peartree is 56.3% Christian, 32.9% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.6% Sikh, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,014 people did not state a religion. 79 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

43.7% of people are married, 13.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.2% are separated or divorced. There are 863 widowed people living in Peartree.

The top occupations listed by people in Peartree are Skilled trades 14.5%, Professional 13.0%, Administrative and secretarial 12.1%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Elementary 11.3%, Sales and customer service 10.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 9.9%, Administrative 9.3%, Sales 8.6%.