Paston Demographics (Peterborough, England)

Paston is a ward in Peterborough of East of England, England and includes areas of Gunthorpe and Paston.

In the 2011 census the population of Paston was 8,550 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

84.0% of people living in Paston were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Jamaica, 0.2% Pakistan.

89.7% of people living in Paston speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.6% Polish, 1.3% Lithuanian, 0.9% Portuguese, 0.3% Slovak, 0.3% Kurdish, 0.3% Latvian, 0.3% Gujarati, 0.2% Shona, 0.2% Pashto.

The religious make up of Paston is 55.0% Christian, 34.6% No religion, 2.6% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist. 539 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.6% of people are married, 16.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.4% are separated or divorced. There are 608 widowed people living in Paston.

The top occupations listed by people in Paston are Elementary 18.1%, Elementary administration and service 14.9%, Skilled trades 11.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.7%, Administrative and secretarial 11.5%, Sales and customer service 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Sales 9.3%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%, Administrative 9.2%.