St Mary's Demographics (Bury, England)

St Mary's is a ward in Bury of North West, England and includes areas of Half Acre, Rainsough, Sedgley Park, Prestwich Park, Hilton Park, Simister, Prestwich, Heaton Park, Kirkhams, Mountheath Industrial Park, Sedgley Park Trading Estate, Lilly Hill, Stand, Besses O'th Barn, Lily Hill, Park Lane and Whitefield.

In the 2011 census the population of St Mary's was 10,158 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in St Mary's is 42, while the median age is also 42.

85.7% of people living in St Mary's were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Ireland, 1.4% Scotland, 1.1% Pakistan, 0.8% Wales, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Iran, 0.5% India, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Zimbabwe.

94.1% of people living in St Mary's speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Polish, 0.6% Urdu, 0.5% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% French, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Arabic.

The religious make up of St Mary's is 56.7% Christian, 20.4% No religion, 10.1% Jewish, 4.5% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.3% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 665 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.5% of people are married, 11.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 589 widowed people living in St Mary's.

The top occupations listed by people in St Mary's are Professional 22.2%, Associate professional and technical 14.2%, Administrative and secretarial 11.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.5%, Skilled trades 9.5%, Elementary 8.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.7%, Administrative 8.5%, Sales and customer service 8.1%, Elementary administration and service 8.0%.