Christchurch Demographics (Gosport, England)

Christchurch is a ward in Gosport of South East, England and includes areas of Leesland, Clayhall, Haslar and Seafield.

In the 2011 census the population of Christchurch was 5,102 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Christchurch is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

88.1% of people living in Christchurch were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.7% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% Bangladesh, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.7% South Africa, 0.4% United States, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% India.

97.0% of people living in Christchurch speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.5% Bengali, 0.2% French, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Kurdish, 0.1% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Christchurch is 53.3% Christian, 36.7% No religion, 1.4% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 323 people did not state a religion. 41 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.2% of people are married, 17.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.5% are separated or divorced. There are 388 widowed people living in Christchurch.

The top occupations listed by people in Christchurch are Associate professional and technical 14.5%, Professional 13.3%, Elementary 12.5%, Skilled trades 12.3%, Elementary administration and service 11.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.1%, Administrative and secretarial 11.0%, Sales and customer service 10.3%, Administrative 8.9%, Caring personal service 8.8%.