Southdown Demographics (Bath and North East Somerset, England)

Southdown is a ward in Bath and North East Somerset of South West, England and includes areas of Twerton Hill, Bloomfield, Whiteway, Kingsway, Twerton, The Oval, Oldfield Park, Sladebrook, Moorlands and Southdown.

In the 2011 census the population of Southdown was 5,529 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Southdown is 40, while the median age is lower at 39.

89.9% of people living in Southdown were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Wales, 0.9% Scotland, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Jamaica, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% India, 0.2% Nigeria, 0.2% China.

96.5% of people living in Southdown speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Polish, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Northern European Language, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Southdown is 56.1% Christian, 33.6% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Agnostic. 436 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.6% of people are married, 11.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.3% are separated or divorced. There are 291 widowed people living in Southdown.

The top occupations listed by people in Southdown are Professional 14.3%, Elementary 14.1%, Skilled trades 13.5%, Elementary administration and service 13.3%, Administrative and secretarial 13.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.0%, Sales and customer service 10.4%, Administrative 10.3%, Sales 9.3%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%.