Primrose Demographics (South Tyneside, England)

Primrose is a ward in South Tyneside of North East, England and includes areas of Simonside, Royal Industrial Estate, Viking Industrial Estate, Bede Trading Estate, Low Simonside, Jarrow On Tyne, East Jarrow, Bladen Street Industrial Estate, Primrose Jarrow, Monkton Village, Monkton, Hill Park and Hill Park Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Primrose was 8,001 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Primrose is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

96.2% of people living in Primrose were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% India, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% Pakistan.

98.7% of people living in Primrose speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Nepalese, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Kurdish.

The religious make up of Primrose is 71.0% Christian, 21.0% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh. 492 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.8% of people are married, 10.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.5% are separated or divorced. There are 547 widowed people living in Primrose.

The top occupations listed by people in Primrose are Elementary 14.5%, Administrative and secretarial 13.2%, Skilled trades 12.7%, Elementary administration and service 12.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.5%, Sales and customer service 11.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.2%, Administrative 10.8%, Associate professional and technical 10.0%, Professional 9.4%.