Prestbury Demographics (Cheltenham, England)

Prestbury is a ward in Cheltenham of South West, England and includes areas of Prestbury, Southam, Nutterswood and Cleeve Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Prestbury was 5,165 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Prestbury is 48, while the median age is higher at 51.

88.2% of people living in Prestbury were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.9% Wales, 2.1% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% United States, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.3% Kenya, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Australia.

98.6% of people living in Prestbury speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Dutch.

The religious make up of Prestbury is 68.9% Christian, 20.6% No religion, 0.7% Hindu, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Humanist. 418 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

58.3% of people are married, 8.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.3% are separated or divorced. There are 219 widowed people living in Prestbury.

The top occupations listed by people in Prestbury are Professional 22.8%, Administrative and secretarial 16.1%, Associate professional and technical 15.8%, Administrative 12.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.3%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.9%, Corporate managers and directors 8.8%, Skilled trades 8.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.8%, Sales and customer service 7.6%.