Southbourne Demographics (Chichester, England)

Southbourne is a ward in Chichester of South East, England and includes areas of West Thorney, Thorney Island, Aldsworth, Southbourne, Prinsted, Westbourne, Woodmancote and Hermitage.

In the 2011 census the population of Southbourne was 7,448 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Southbourne is 43, while the median age is also 43.

88.3% of people living in Southbourne were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% Scotland, 1.5% Wales, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ghana, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% India, 0.2% Australia.

97.7% of people living in Southbourne speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Oceanic/Australian language, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% French, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Nepalese.

The religious make up of Southbourne is 64.2% Christian, 26.1% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Humanist. 561 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

56.6% of people are married, 9.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.3% are separated or divorced. There are 381 widowed people living in Southbourne.

The top occupations listed by people in Southbourne are Associate professional and technical 23.1%, Professional 17.9%, Protective service 13.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.9%, Skilled trades 10.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.6%, Corporate managers and directors 8.6%, Elementary 7.3%, Administrative 7.2%.