Southville Demographics (Bristol, England)

Southville is a ward in Bristol of South West, England and includes areas of Bedminster, Southville, Merrywood, Chessels, Totterdown, Windmill Hill, Bower Ashton, Ashton Vale, Ashton Vale Trading Estate, Ashton and Ashton Gate.

In the 2011 census the population of Southville was 12,543 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Southville is 37, while the median age is lower at 33.

81.5% of people living in Southville were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.2% Wales, 1.5% Scotland, 1.0% Ireland, 0.6% India, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Australia, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% United States, 0.3% South America.

92.5% of people living in Southville speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Polish, 0.7% Spanish, 0.5% Italian, 0.4% French, 0.4% German, 0.3% Somali, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious make up of Southville is 45.4% No religion, 40.0% Christian, 1.8% Muslim, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.7% Hindu, 0.2% Atheist, 0.2% Agnostic, 0.2% Sikh. 1,099 people did not state a religion. 119 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

27.4% of people are married, 17.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 39.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.3% are separated or divorced. There are 691 widowed people living in Southville.

The top occupations listed by people in Southville are Professional 28.8%, Associate professional and technical 18.4%, Administrative and secretarial 10.1%, Business, media and public service professionals 9.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.3%, Business and public service associate professionals 9.2%, Elementary 8.3%, Administrative 8.1%, Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 8.0%, Skilled trades 7.9%.