Park Demographics (Reading, England)

Park is a ward in Reading of South East, England and includes areas of Earley, New Town, Woodley and Suttons Business Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Park was 11,102 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Park is 31, while the median age is lower at 28.

62.2% of people living in Park were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.0% Pakistan, 3.1% India, 1.4% Wales, 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% Hong Kong , 0.9% Ireland, 0.7% Kenya, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Ghana.

75.3% of people living in Park speak English. The other top languages spoken are 7.5% Nepalese, 3.6% Urdu, 2.1% Polish, 2.0% Panjabi, 0.6% All other Chinese, 0.6% French, 0.5% German, 0.5% Bengali, 0.4% Tamil.

The religious make up of Park is 37.1% Christian, 26.8% No religion, 15.2% Muslim, 7.2% Hindu, 2.5% Buddhist, 1.5% Sikh, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Atheist. 846 people did not state a religion. 73 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

33.8% of people are married, 9.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 43.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.8% are separated or divorced. There are 380 widowed people living in Park.

The top occupations listed by people in Park are Professional 28.1%, Elementary 14.7%, Elementary administration and service 13.9%, Associate professional and technical 12.4%, Sales and customer service 11.4%, Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 10.7%, Sales 9.5%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.2%, Teaching and educational professionals 7.9%.