West Southbourne Demographics (Bournemouth, England)

West Southbourne is a ward in Bournemouth of South West, England and includes areas of Iford, Littledown, Tuckton and West Southbourne.

In the 2011 census the population of West Southbourne was 9,474 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in West Southbourne is 41, while the median age is lower at 40.

85.4% of people living in West Southbourne were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 1.7% Wales, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% South America, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% United States.

94.9% of people living in West Southbourne speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Polish, 0.3% German, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Turkish, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% French, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious make up of West Southbourne is 60.6% Christian, 28.1% No religion, 1.1% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 765 people did not state a religion. 44 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

41.2% of people are married, 12.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.8% are separated or divorced. There are 642 widowed people living in West Southbourne.

The top occupations listed by people in West Southbourne are Professional 20.4%, Associate professional and technical 13.5%, Skilled trades 11.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.1%, Elementary 8.7%, Caring personal service 7.9%, Elementary administration and service 7.8%.