Central Southsea Demographics (Portsmouth, England)

Central Southsea is a ward in Portsmouth of South East, England and includes areas of Craneswater Park, Craneswater and Milton.

In the 2011 census the population of Central Southsea was 16,660 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Central Southsea is 32, while the median age is lower at 25.

81.9% of people living in Central Southsea were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 1.2% Wales, 1.0% Bangladesh, 0.8% Nigeria, 0.8% China, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% South America.

92.1% of people living in Central Southsea speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.8% Bengali, 0.7% All other Chinese, 0.3% French, 0.3% Bulgarian, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Arabic, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.2% Italian.

The religious make up of Central Southsea is 44.5% Christian, 39.1% No religion, 4.3% Muslim, 0.9% Hindu, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Agnostic, 0.2% Jewish. 1,212 people did not state a religion. 219 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 17 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

22.2% of people are married, 10.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 54.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.5% are separated or divorced. There are 734 widowed people living in Central Southsea.

The top occupations listed by people in Central Southsea are Professional 19.5%, Elementary 13.7%, Sales and customer service 13.6%, Associate professional and technical 13.5%, Elementary administration and service 12.7%, Sales 10.5%, Administrative and secretarial 9.7%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.8%, Skilled trades 8.6%.