Stone Bench Demographics (High Peak, England)

Stone Bench is a ward in High Peak of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Dew Pond Industrial Estate, Tongue Lane Ind Est, Buxton Spa, Green Fairfield, Fairfield, Woolow, Cowlow and Dew Pond Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Stone Bench was 4,573 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Stone Bench is 37, while the median age is lower at 36.

94.3% of people living in Stone Bench were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.1% Philippines, 0.0% United States.

97.6% of people living in Stone Bench speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Polish, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% German, 0.1% Yoruba, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Stone Bench is 63.1% Christian, 27.7% No religion, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh. 349 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

41.2% of people are married, 15.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 262 widowed people living in Stone Bench.

The top occupations listed by people in Stone Bench are Elementary 17.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 15.6%, Skilled trades 15.4%, Elementary administration and service 13.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.7%, Sales and customer service 11.4%, Sales 10.2%, Caring personal service 9.4%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%.