Staple Hill Demographics (South Gloucestershire, England)

Staple Hill is a ward in South Gloucestershire of South West, England and includes areas of Fishponds, Staple Hill, Soundwell, Hillfields and Downend.

In the 2011 census the population of Staple Hill was 7,338 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

90.5% of people living in Staple Hill were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Wales, 0.8% Scotland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Jamaica, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% India, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Pakistan.

97.1% of people living in Staple Hill speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese.

The religious make up of Staple Hill is 56.8% Christian, 32.2% No religion, 0.8% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Agnostic. 604 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

40.5% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.3% are separated or divorced. There are 487 widowed people living in Staple Hill.

The top occupations listed by people in Staple Hill are Professional 15.1%, Skilled trades 13.5%, Administrative and secretarial 13.1%, Associate professional and technical 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Elementary 11.1%, Administrative 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 10.1%, Caring personal service 8.7%, Sales and customer service 8.7%.