St Thomas Demographics (Exeter, England)

St Thomas is a ward in Exeter of South West, England and includes areas of Redhills, Alphington, Shillingford St. George, Dunchideock, Clapham, Ide, Exonia Park, Bakers Hill, Rollesbridge, St. Thomas, Rockbere and Shillingford Abbot.

In the 2011 census the population of St Thomas was 6,455 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in St Thomas is 38, while the median age is lower at 35.

87.8% of people living in St Thomas were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.5% China, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% North Africa.

93.9% of people living in St Thomas speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Polish, 0.5% All other Chinese, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Arabic, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% British sign language, 0.2% Czech, 0.2% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of St Thomas is 53.2% Christian, 35.6% No religion, 1.2% Muslim, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Hindu. 486 people did not state a religion. 27 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.6% of people are married, 16.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.3% are separated or divorced. There are 442 widowed people living in St Thomas.

The top occupations listed by people in St Thomas are Professional 16.2%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Skilled trades 12.0%, Sales and customer service 11.6%, Elementary 11.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Elementary administration and service 9.6%, Sales 8.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.6%.