Moor Park Demographics (Preston, England)

Moor Park is a ward in Preston of North West, England and includes areas of Plungington, Adelphi and Springfield Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Moor Park was 5,211 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Moor Park is 34, while the median age is lower at 29.

83.7% of people living in Moor Park were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.4% India, 1.5% Scotland, 1.2% Pakistan, 1.1% China, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Wales, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Kenya.

90.0% of people living in Moor Park speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Gujarati, 1.7% Polish, 1.1% All other Chinese, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.6% Urdu, 0.3% Romanian, 0.3% Arabic, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Hindi.

The religious make up of Moor Park is 52.9% Christian, 26.5% No religion, 9.7% Muslim, 2.0% Hindu, 1.7% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish. 302 people did not state a religion. 15 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 8 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

25.2% of people are married, 12.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 46.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.4% are separated or divorced. There are 296 widowed people living in Moor Park.

The top occupations listed by people in Moor Park are Elementary 17.6%, Elementary administration and service 15.2%, Sales and customer service 14.9%, Professional 12.9%, Sales 11.8%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 10.3%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Skilled trades 9.4%.