Drake Demographics (Plymouth, England)

Drake is a ward in Plymouth of South West, England and includes areas of Lipson, St. Judes, Greenbank, Mutley, Pennycomequick and Ford Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Drake was 11,149 and is made up of approximately 47% females and 53% males.

The average age of people in Drake is 29, while the median age is lower at 22.

80.2% of people living in Drake were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.7% Wales, 1.3% Scotland, 0.9% China, 0.6% India, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.4% United States, 0.4% Nigeria, 0.4% Ireland.

90.7% of people living in Drake speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Polish, 0.9% All other Chinese, 0.4% Arabic, 0.4% Romanian, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Kurdish, 0.2% Spanish.

The religious make up of Drake is 45.8% No religion, 40.2% Christian, 2.5% Muslim, 0.9% Buddhist, 0.6% Hindu, 0.3% Agnostic, 0.2% Atheist, 0.2% Jewish. 767 people did not state a religion. 144 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

13.0% of people are married, 10.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 66.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.8% are separated or divorced. There are 422 widowed people living in Drake.

The top occupations listed by people in Drake are Elementary 19.4%, Elementary administration and service 17.6%, Sales and customer service 16.2%, Professional 14.2%, Sales 13.5%, Associate professional and technical 12.1%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 11.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Administrative and secretarial 8.9%, Skilled trades 7.4%.