South Ribble Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of South Ribble was 109,057 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in South Ribble is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

93.4% of people living in South Ribble were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Kenya.

98.6% of people living in South Ribble speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of South Ribble is 75.7% Christian, 16.6% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 6,262 people did not state a religion. 237 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 12 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

50.8% of people are married, 11.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.2% are separated or divorced. There are 5,634 widowed people living in South Ribble.

The top occupations listed by people in South Ribble are Professional 16.5%, Administrative and secretarial 13.7%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Skilled trades 12.4%, Administrative 10.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.9%, Elementary 9.2%, Sales and customer service 8.3%, Elementary administration and service 7.7%.