Gresham Demographics (Middlesbrough, England)

Gresham is a ward in Middlesbrough of North East, England and includes areas of Ayresome and Whinney Banks.

In the 2011 census the population of Gresham was 8,584 and is made up of approximately 46% females and 54% males.

The average age of people in Gresham is 32, while the median age is lower at 28.

73.2% of people living in Gresham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.0% Pakistan, 1.7% India, 1.4% North Africa, 1.3% China, 1.3% Nigeria, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Iran, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Zimbabwe.

79.9% of people living in Gresham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Polish, 2.1% Arabic, 1.9% Urdu, 1.6% Panjabi, 1.5% Czech, 1.3% All other Chinese, 1.3% Kurdish, 0.9% Persian/Farsi, 0.7% French.

The religious make up of Gresham is 47.0% Christian, 27.5% No religion, 15.9% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 0.6% Sikh, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist. 539 people did not state a religion. 41 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

21.6% of people are married, 11.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 47.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.7% are separated or divorced. There are 564 widowed people living in Gresham.

The top occupations listed by people in Gresham are Elementary 23.4%, Elementary administration and service 19.6%, Sales and customer service 14.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.5%, Sales 11.5%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 10.2%, Skilled trades 9.4%, Caring personal service 9.3%, Associate professional and technical 7.6%.