Gosport Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Gosport was 82,622 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Gosport is 40, while the median age is also 40.

89.0% of people living in Gosport were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.0% Scotland, 1.4% Wales, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% United States, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

98.1% of people living in Gosport speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% German, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% French, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Bengali.

The religious make up of Gosport is 58.8% Christian, 32.2% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Atheist. 5,551 people did not state a religion. 394 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

47.0% of people are married, 12.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.7% are separated or divorced. There are 5,385 widowed people living in Gosport.

The top occupations listed by people in Gosport are Associate professional and technical 14.5%, Skilled trades 12.7%, Elementary 12.6%, Professional 12.1%, Administrative and secretarial 11.6%, Elementary administration and service 11.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.4%, Administrative 9.2%, Sales and customer service 8.9%.