Pegswood Demographics (Northumberland, England)

Pegswood is a ward in Northumberland of North East, England and includes areas of Longhirst, Coopies Lane Industrial Estate, Tranwell, Hepscott, Tranwell Woods, Pegswood, Stannington, Shadfen, Hepscott Park, Clifton, Barmoor, Stobhill, Bothal and Pegswood Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Pegswood was 3,869 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Pegswood is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

94.0% of people living in Pegswood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.5% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% United States, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% China, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

99.1% of people living in Pegswood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% German, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% French, 0.1% Kurdish.

The religious make up of Pegswood is 67.3% Christian, 25.9% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Humanist. 228 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.4% of people are married, 13.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 231 widowed people living in Pegswood.

The top occupations listed by people in Pegswood are Professional 16.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.2%, Skilled trades 12.0%, Elementary 11.9%, Associate professional and technical 11.6%, Caring personal service 9.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.8%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Elementary administration and service 9.3%.