Southmead Demographics (Bristol, England)

Southmead is a ward in Bristol of South West, England and includes areas of Westbury-On-Trym, Brentree, Brentry and Southmead.

In the 2011 census the population of Southmead was 11,956 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Southmead is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

81.5% of people living in Southmead were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.8% India, 1.8% Wales, 1.3% Philippines, 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% Jamaica, 0.5% Nigeria, 0.4% Bangladesh, 0.4% South America.

90.9% of people living in Southmead speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.2% Polish, 1.3% Malayalam, 1.0% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.4% Somali, 0.4% Bengali, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.3% French, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Slovak.

The religious make up of Southmead is 53.3% Christian, 33.6% No religion, 2.7% Muslim, 1.0% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish. 941 people did not state a religion. 41 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.0% of people are married, 12.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 705 widowed people living in Southmead.

The top occupations listed by people in Southmead are Elementary 19.2%, Elementary administration and service 17.5%, Professional 14.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.7%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Caring personal service 10.1%, Administrative and secretarial 9.8%, Sales and customer service 9.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.5%, Associate professional and technical 8.2%.