Prettygate Demographics (Colchester, England)

Prettygate is a ward in Colchester of East of England, England and includes areas of Shrub End, Cherry Row and Lexden.

In the 2011 census the population of Prettygate was 7,396 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Prettygate is 45, while the median age is higher at 47.

90.3% of people living in Prettygate were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.6% India, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% China, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.2% South Africa.

97.9% of people living in Prettygate speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% French, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% East Asian Language, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese.

The religious make up of Prettygate is 66.6% Christian, 24.0% No religion, 1.1% Muslim, 0.7% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Humanist. 485 people did not state a religion. 11 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

56.5% of people are married, 8.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.9% are separated or divorced. There are 348 widowed people living in Prettygate.

The top occupations listed by people in Prettygate are Professional 17.7%, Administrative and secretarial 13.5%, Associate professional and technical 12.8%, Skilled trades 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Sales and customer service 10.4%, Administrative 9.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.4%, Sales 9.1%, Elementary 8.2%.