Eyres Monsell Demographics (Leicester, England)

Eyres Monsell is a ward in Leicester of East Midlands, England and includes areas of South Wigston, Glen Parva and Glen Hills.

In the 2011 census the population of Eyres Monsell was 11,520 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Eyres Monsell is 36, while the median age is lower at 34.

89.0% of people living in Eyres Monsell were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Zimbabwe, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Ireland, 0.7% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Somalia, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Kenya, 0.2% South Africa.

95.3% of people living in Eyres Monsell speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.5% Gujarati, 0.4% Somali, 0.3% Shona, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian, 0.1% African language.

The religious make up of Eyres Monsell is 47.3% Christian, 41.4% No religion, 2.6% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.4% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 735 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

33.2% of people are married, 15.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.7% are separated or divorced. There are 719 widowed people living in Eyres Monsell.

The top occupations listed by people in Eyres Monsell are Elementary 20.6%, Elementary administration and service 18.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.4%, Skilled trades 14.4%, Caring personal service 12.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.0%, Sales and customer service 10.2%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Caring Personal Services 8.4%, Sales 8.0%.