Peterlee East Demographics (County Durham, England)

Peterlee East is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Grants Houses, Eden Vale Estate, Howletch, Howletch Estate, Cotsford Hall, Dene Villas Estate, Cotsford Hall Estate, North East Industrial Estate, Acre Rigg Estate and Acre Rigg.

In the 2011 census the population of Peterlee East was 7,234 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Peterlee East is 40, while the median age is also 40.

96.6% of people living in Peterlee East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% China, 0.0% Australia, 0.0% United States, 0.0% Pakistan.

99.0% of people living in Peterlee East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Turkish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% French, 0.1% All other languages.

The religious make up of Peterlee East is 69.3% Christian, 23.9% No religion, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist. 429 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.2% of people are married, 12.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 509 widowed people living in Peterlee East.

The top occupations listed by people in Peterlee East are Elementary 16.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 15.6%, Sales and customer service 14.6%, Elementary administration and service 11.6%, Skilled trades 11.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Administrative and secretarial 9.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.4%, Sales 8.9%, Associate professional and technical 8.8%.