Royston Palace Demographics (North Hertfordshire, England)

Royston Palace is a ward in North Hertfordshire of East of England, England and includes areas of Meldreth, Orwell, Bassingbourn Barracks, Kneesworth, Whaddon, Wimpole, Whaddon Gap, Shadbury End, Bassingbourn, Heydon, Fowlmere, Flint Cross and Thriplow.

In the 2011 census the population of Royston Palace was 5,430 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Royston Palace is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

87.9% of people living in Royston Palace were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% Ireland, 0.6% Philippines, 0.4% India, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% United States.

95.7% of people living in Royston Palace speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.4% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% French, 0.2% African language, 0.2% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Royston Palace is 55.8% Christian, 34.1% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.3% Jewish, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 367 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.5% of people are married, 13.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.1% are separated or divorced. There are 267 widowed people living in Royston Palace.

The top occupations listed by people in Royston Palace are Professional 17.7%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Skilled trades 11.8%, Elementary 11.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Sales and customer service 9.1%, Elementary administration and service 9.1%, Administrative 8.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.4%.