Ashton Demographics (Preston, England)

Ashton is a ward in Preston of North West, England and includes areas of Ashton-On-Ribble, Ashton On Ribble, Larches, Ashton Bank, Greaves Town, Ashton Five Lane Ends and Lea.

In the 2011 census the population of Ashton was 4,459 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Ashton is 39, while the median age is lower at 37.

89.7% of people living in Ashton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 1.1% India, 0.8% Northern Ireland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% China, 0.2% Kenya, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% United States.

95.9% of people living in Ashton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.1% Polish, 0.6% Gujarati, 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese.

The religious make up of Ashton is 67.8% Christian, 20.4% No religion, 1.9% Muslim, 1.7% Hindu, 0.6% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 269 people did not state a religion. 22 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

40.2% of people are married, 13.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.2% are separated or divorced. There are 210 widowed people living in Ashton.

The top occupations listed by people in Ashton are Professional 20.5%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.2%, Sales and customer service 10.5%, Elementary 9.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.6%, Administrative 9.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.5%, Elementary administration and service 8.5%.