Meir Park Demographics (Stoke-on-Trent, England)

Meir Park is a ward in Stoke-on-Trent of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Rough Close and Meir Heath.

In the 2011 census the population of Meir Park was 4,941 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Meir Park is 42, while the median age is higher at 44.

95.4% of people living in Meir Park were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.4% India, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% Kenya, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Hong Kong .

99.0% of people living in Meir Park speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Greek.

The religious make up of Meir Park is 74.1% Christian, 18.2% No religion, 0.7% Hindu, 0.6% Muslim, 0.4% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist. 261 people did not state a religion. 10 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

58.8% of people are married, 9.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.2% are separated or divorced. There are 199 widowed people living in Meir Park.

The top occupations listed by people in Meir Park are Professional 15.6%, Administrative and secretarial 13.5%, Associate professional and technical 13.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.7%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Administrative 10.8%, Corporate managers and directors 9.0%, Sales and customer service 8.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.5%, Elementary 8.4%.