Park Wood Demographics (Maidstone, England)

Park Wood is a ward in Maidstone of South East, England and includes areas of Spectrum Business Centre, Francis Estate, Orchard Industrial Estate, Mangravet, Loose, The Progress Estate, Union Park, Palace Industrial Estate, Phoenix Park, Target Business Centre, Boxmend Industrial Estate, Spectrum Business Estate, Haslemere Trading Estate, Haslemere Industrial Estate and Park Wood.

In the 2011 census the population of Park Wood was 6,603 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Park Wood is 31, while the median age is lower at 29.

90.9% of people living in Park Wood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% India, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.2% South America.

95.6% of people living in Park Wood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Persian/Farsi, 0.3% Albanian, 0.2% Nepalese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.1% Tamil.

The religious make up of Park Wood is 52.1% Christian, 37.8% No religion, 1.1% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh. 458 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.0% of people are married, 19.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 386 widowed people living in Park Wood.

The top occupations listed by people in Park Wood are Elementary 15.1%, Elementary administration and service 13.1%, Skilled trades 12.7%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Sales and customer service 10.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.4%, Professional 9.4%, Sales 9.0%.