Portfield Demographics (Christchurch, England)

Portfield is a ward in Christchurch of South West, England and includes areas of St. Catherine's Hill, Avon Trading Estate, Jumpers Common and Fairmile.

In the 2011 census the population of Portfield was 4,470 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Portfield is 39, while the median age is also 39.

90.5% of people living in Portfield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 1.1% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% United States, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% China, 0.2% Hong Kong .

97.3% of people living in Portfield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Portfield is 63.0% Christian, 28.1% No religion, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.4% Muslim, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic. 287 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.3% of people are married, 13.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.4% are separated or divorced. There are 261 widowed people living in Portfield.

The top occupations listed by people in Portfield are Professional 16.8%, Skilled trades 13.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.0%, Administrative and secretarial 11.9%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.6%, Elementary 9.5%, Sales and customer service 9.0%, Administrative 8.9%, Elementary administration and service 8.8%.