Penryn West Demographics (Cornwall, England)

Penryn West is a ward in Cornwall of South West, England and includes areas of Ponsharden and Tremough Dale.

In the 2011 census the population of Penryn West was 4,595 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

92.4% of people living in Penryn West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.2% United States, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% Kenya.

98.4% of people living in Penryn West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Danish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Penryn West is 55.6% Christian, 33.4% No religion, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Atheist, 0.2% Agnostic, 0.1% Sikh. 355 people did not state a religion. 37 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.1% of people are married, 14.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.2% are separated or divorced. There are 246 widowed people living in Penryn West.

The top occupations listed by people in Penryn West are Skilled trades 15.3%, Elementary 13.6%, Professional 13.2%, Elementary administration and service 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Associate professional and technical 10.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.0%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Sales 9.5%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%.