North Portslade Demographics (Brighton and Hove, England)

North Portslade is a ward in Brighton and Hove of South East, England and includes areas of Mile Oak, Portslade and Foredown Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of North Portslade was 10,035 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in North Portslade is 38, while the median age is higher at 39.

91.7% of people living in North Portslade were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% North Africa, 0.4% India, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South America, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% South Africa.

97.4% of people living in North Portslade speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Arabic, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Gujarati.

The religious make up of North Portslade is 55.6% Christian, 33.5% No religion, 1.2% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 724 people did not state a religion. 54 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

44.5% of people are married, 13.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.9% are separated or divorced. There are 610 widowed people living in North Portslade.

The top occupations listed by people in North Portslade are Sales and customer service 13.5%, Skilled trades 12.9%, Administrative and secretarial 12.7%, Professional 12.5%, Associate professional and technical 12.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.5%, Sales 10.1%, Elementary 9.5%, Administrative 9.2%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.8%.