Eccleston Demographics (St. Helens, England)

Eccleston is a ward in St. Helens of North West, England and includes areas of Eccleston, Ecclestone Wood and Gillars Green.

In the 2011 census the population of Eccleston was 11,525 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Eccleston is 45, while the median age is higher at 47.

95.3% of people living in Eccleston were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Wales, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% China.

99.1% of people living in Eccleston speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Polish.

The religious make up of Eccleston is 84.1% Christian, 9.2% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 634 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

58.4% of people are married, 6.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.9% are separated or divorced. There are 430 widowed people living in Eccleston.

The top occupations listed by people in Eccleston are Professional 23.2%, Administrative and secretarial 14.3%, Associate professional and technical 13.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.3%, Administrative 10.9%, Skilled trades 10.0%, Corporate managers and directors 8.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.2%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 7.2%, Teaching and educational professionals 7.2%.