Town Demographics (Gosport, England)

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

In the 2011 census the population of Town was 5,347 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Town is 40, while the median age is lower at 38.

88.5% of people living in Town were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.6% Scotland, 1.2% Wales, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% India, 0.3% United States, 0.2% South America, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

97.3% of people living in Town speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.2% Kurdish, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% German, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Shona, 0.1% French, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Romanian.

The religious make up of Town is 54.8% Christian, 34.7% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Agnostic. 408 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

30.2% of people are married, 16.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 15.2% are separated or divorced. There are 546 widowed people living in Town.

The top occupations listed by people in Town are Elementary 16.2%, Elementary administration and service 14.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.7%, Skilled trades 12.3%, Associate professional and technical 12.0%, Professional 11.4%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.3%, Caring personal service 9.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.8%.