Priory Heath Demographics (Ipswich, England)

Priory Heath is a ward in Ipswich of East of England, England and includes areas of Ransomes Industrial Estate and Ransomes Europark.

In the 2011 census the population of Priory Heath was 8,991 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

88.0% of people living in Priory Heath were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Bangladesh, 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% Jamaica, 0.5% India, 0.4% United States, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Ireland.

93.3% of people living in Priory Heath speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Bengali, 0.9% Polish, 0.4% Turkish, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Cantonese Chinese, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Russian.

The religious make up of Priory Heath is 47.9% Christian, 38.0% No religion, 4.6% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.4% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 655 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

40.5% of people are married, 15.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.7% are separated or divorced. There are 445 widowed people living in Priory Heath.

The top occupations listed by people in Priory Heath are Elementary 14.3%, Professional 13.0%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Elementary administration and service 12.2%, Administrative and secretarial 11.2%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.3%, Administrative 9.0%.