Harpenden East Demographics (St Albans, England)

Harpenden East is a ward in St Albans of East of England, England and includes areas of Bower Heath, Batford, Cold Harbour, Top Street, Aldwickbury, Someries, Mackerye End, Lea Valley, Breadcroft and Hardenwick.

In the 2011 census the population of Harpenden East was 7,691 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Harpenden East is 37, while the median age is higher at 38.

85.5% of people living in Harpenden East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.1% Scotland, 1.4% Wales, 0.8% South Africa, 0.8% Ireland, 0.6% United States, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Australia, 0.4% South America, 0.3% Hong Kong .

96.4% of people living in Harpenden East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.3% French, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% German, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Italian, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Russian.

The religious make up of Harpenden East is 63.9% Christian, 24.8% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.6% Jewish, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Atheist. 612 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

56.9% of people are married, 8.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.3% are separated or divorced. There are 317 widowed people living in Harpenden East.

The top occupations listed by people in Harpenden East are Professional 30.0%, Associate professional and technical 16.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 16.1%, Business, media and public service professionals 12.1%, Corporate managers and directors 12.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Business and public service associate professionals 10.1%, Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 7.7%, Administrative 7.0%, Teaching and educational professionals 6.8%.