St James Demographics (Northampton, England)

St James is a ward in Northampton of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Weedon Road Industrial Estate, Sixfields, St. James End, Westgate Industrial Estate, St. James, St. James's End and St. James Mill Road Industrial Est.

In the 2011 census the population of St James was 5,465 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in St James is 34, while the median age is lower at 31.

71.3% of people living in St James were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% India, 1.6% Bangladesh, 1.4% Scotland, 1.2% Somalia, 1.1% Ireland, 1.0% Ghana, 0.8% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Wales.

80.8% of people living in St James speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.2% Polish, 1.4% Bengali, 1.1% Somali, 1.0% Lithuanian, 0.7% Romanian, 0.6% Latvian, 0.6% Hindi, 0.5% Russian, 0.4% Albanian.

The religious make up of St James is 49.8% Christian, 30.6% No religion, 8.1% Muslim, 2.1% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 420 people did not state a religion. 10 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

30.5% of people are married, 18.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.8% are separated or divorced. There are 372 widowed people living in St James.

The top occupations listed by people in St James are Elementary 19.6%, Elementary administration and service 17.0%, Professional 13.9%, Associate professional and technical 11.5%, Skilled trades 11.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.8%, Administrative 8.5%, Sales and customer service 8.3%.