Peterlee West Demographics (County Durham, England)

Peterlee West is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Whitehouse Business Park, Beverley Rise, North West Industrial Estate, Old Shotton and South West Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Peterlee West was 7,438 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Peterlee West is 38, while the median age is higher at 39.

96.6% of people living in Peterlee West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Wales, 0.1% India, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% China, 0.0% Jamaica, 0.0% Hong Kong .

99.3% of people living in Peterlee West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% British sign language.

The religious make up of Peterlee West is 72.8% Christian, 21.1% No religion, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist. 396 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.8% of people are married, 11.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.5% are separated or divorced. There are 490 widowed people living in Peterlee West.

The top occupations listed by people in Peterlee West are Process, plant and machine operatives 14.8%, Elementary 14.7%, Sales and customer service 14.4%, Skilled trades 12.1%, Elementary administration and service 10.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Administrative and secretarial 10.4%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%, Administrative 8.5%.