Podsmead Demographics (Gloucester, England)

Podsmead is a ward in Gloucester of South West, England and includes areas of Quedgeley, Kingsholm, Kingsholme, Bownham, High Orchard, St. Paul's, Hempsted, Houndscroft, Tredworth, Podsmead and Llanthony.

In the 2011 census the population of Podsmead was 2,994 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Podsmead is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

88.8% of people living in Podsmead were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Wales, 1.3% Jamaica, 1.0% Ireland, 0.9% Scotland, 0.3% India, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Pakistan.

96.4% of people living in Podsmead speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.3% Slovak, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Czech, 0.2% French, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Podsmead is 64.8% Christian, 25.5% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 222 people did not state a religion. 4 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.2% of people are married, 12.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.4% are separated or divorced. There are 210 widowed people living in Podsmead.

The top occupations listed by people in Podsmead are Elementary 15.6%, Skilled trades 13.9%, Elementary administration and service 13.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.8%, Sales and customer service 11.1%, Administrative and secretarial 11.1%, Caring personal service 10.4%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%, Administrative 8.9%.