Hilsea Demographics (Portsmouth, England)

Hilsea is a ward in Portsmouth of South East, England and includes areas of North End, Hilsea, Hilsea Industrial Site, Copnor, Stamshaw, The Airport, Hilsea Industrial Estate, Venture Park, Venture Industrial Park, Baffins, Great Salterns, Venture Ind Est, Airport Industrial Estate, Hilsea Ind Est, H.I.S, Anchorage Park, Venture Industrial Estate and Airport Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Hilsea was 13,552 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Hilsea is 38, while the median age is also 38.

88.3% of people living in Hilsea were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% Bangladesh, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% India, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% China, 0.3% South Africa.

95.5% of people living in Hilsea speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Bengali, 0.5% Polish, 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.3% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% French, 0.1% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Hilsea is 58.0% Christian, 30.3% No religion, 2.8% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 953 people did not state a religion. 61 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

45.5% of people are married, 12.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.3% are separated or divorced. There are 764 widowed people living in Hilsea.

The top occupations listed by people in Hilsea are Professional 13.8%, Associate professional and technical 13.1%, Skilled trades 12.7%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Elementary 11.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Sales and customer service 10.0%, Elementary administration and service 9.6%, Administrative 9.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.3%.