Preston postcode area Census 2021

89.4% people are white, 6.8% people are asian, 1.9% people are mixed.
57.8% are Christian, 29.8% have no religion, 5.2% provided no answer.
42.0% households have 1 car, 29.4% households have 2 cars, 19.1% households have no car.

Preston population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Preston postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	6.8%	9.3%
Black	1.0%	4.0%
Mixed	1.9%	2.9%
Other	0.8%	2.1%
White	89.4%	81.7%

Preston population health

Health	Preston postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	47.7%	48.4%
good	33.5%	33.6%
average	13.3%	12.7%
poor	4.2%	4.0%
very poor	1.2%	1.2%

Preston population religion

Religion	Preston postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.3%	0.5%
Christian	57.8%	46.2%
Hindu	1.1%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	5.1%	6.5%
No answer	5.2%	6.0%
No religion	29.8%	37.2%
Other	0.2%	0.9%
Sikh	0.4%	0.6%

Preston population economic activity

Economic activity	Preston postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	46.8%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.5%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	6.7%	7.9%
Empl. student	2.0%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	3.7%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	7.2%	7.3%
Retired	24.9%	21.6%
Student, no work	5.2%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.1%	2.8%

Preston car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.30 cars per household in Preston postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Preston postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	19.1%	23.3%
1 car	42.0%	41.3%
2 cars	29.4%	26.2%
3+ cars	9.6%	9.2%

Preston household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).