Plessey Demographics (Northumberland, England)

Plessey is a ward in Northumberland of North East, England and includes areas of North Farm Estate, Woodlands Park, South Beach Estate, South Newsham, South Newsham Estate, North Farm, Newsham, South Beach and Bebside Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Plessey was 3,998 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Plessey is 43, while the median age is higher at 45.

96.2% of people living in Plessey were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% India, 0.1% Philippines.

99.5% of people living in Plessey speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Welsh/Cymraeg.

The religious make up of Plessey is 68.9% Christian, 23.5% No religion, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Humanist. 268 people did not state a religion. 7 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.8% of people are married, 11.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.5% are separated or divorced. There are 216 widowed people living in Plessey.

The top occupations listed by people in Plessey are Administrative and secretarial 16.8%, Administrative 13.0%, Skilled trades 12.5%, Sales and customer service 11.9%, Associate professional and technical 11.8%, Professional 11.0%, Elementary 10.0%, Sales 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.3%.