Ashley Demographics (St Albans, England)

Ashley is a ward in St Albans of East of England, England and includes areas of Camp Hill, London Colney, Oaklands, Three Horse Shoes, Tyttenhanger, Bullen's Green, Colney Heath, The Horseshoes, Smallford, Sleaps Hyde, Roestock, Sleapshyde, Bullens Green, Tyttenhanger Park and Colney Street.

In the 2011 census the population of Ashley was 7,892 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Ashley is 35, while the median age is lower at 34.

76.7% of people living in Ashley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Bangladesh, 1.7% Scotland, 1.4% Pakistan, 1.3% Ireland, 1.1% India, 1.1% Wales, 0.6% South Africa, 0.5% North Africa, 0.5% Sri Lanka.

88.9% of people living in Ashley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% Bengali, 1.4% Polish, 1.2% Italian, 0.7% Urdu, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% French, 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.4% German, 0.3% Arabic.

The religious make up of Ashley is 52.1% Christian, 28.3% No religion, 8.7% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 0.8% Jewish, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist. 534 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

49.2% of people are married, 12.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.2% are separated or divorced. There are 280 widowed people living in Ashley.

The top occupations listed by people in Ashley are Professional 31.4%, Associate professional and technical 17.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.4%, Business and public service associate professionals 10.5%, Business, media and public service professionals 9.6%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 9.3%, Corporate managers and directors 9.1%, Teaching and educational professionals 8.0%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 8.0%.