New Parks Demographics (Leicester, England)

New Parks is a ward in Leicester of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Kirby Frith, Leicester Frith, Anstey Pastures, New Parks Estate, Dominion Estate and New Parks.

In the 2011 census the population of New Parks was 17,128 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in New Parks is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

84.8% of people living in New Parks were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% Zimbabwe, 1.6% India, 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% Ireland, 0.4% Somalia, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Kenya, 0.3% Nigeria, 0.2% North Africa.

91.2% of people living in New Parks speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Polish, 1.0% Gujarati, 0.5% African language, 0.5% Persian/Farsi, 0.5% Kurdish, 0.4% Shona, 0.3% Turkish, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Somali.

The religious make up of New Parks is 47.0% Christian, 38.7% No religion, 4.3% Muslim, 2.1% Hindu, 0.6% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 1,088 people did not state a religion. 36 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

34.2% of people are married, 13.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.6% are separated or divorced. There are 1,077 widowed people living in New Parks.

The top occupations listed by people in New Parks are Elementary 22.1%, Elementary administration and service 19.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.6%, Skilled trades 12.3%, Caring personal service 11.4%, Sales and customer service 10.1%, Administrative and secretarial 8.9%, Sales 8.2%, Professional 7.9%.