Bath and North East Somerset Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Bath and North East Somerset was 176,016 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bath and North East Somerset is 40, while the median age is also 40.

86.5% of people living in Bath and North East Somerset were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.3% Wales, 1.4% Scotland, 0.6% China, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% United States, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.3% South Africa.

95.7% of people living in Bath and North East Somerset speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.6% All other Chinese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% French, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% German, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Greek.

The religious make up of Bath and North East Somerset is 56.5% Christian, 32.1% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Sikh. 14,938 people did not state a religion. 742 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 17 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

46.1% of people are married, 10.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.7% are separated or divorced. There are 8,728 widowed people living in Bath and North East Somerset.

The top occupations listed by people in Bath and North East Somerset are Professional 22.0%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.4%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Administrative and secretarial 11.0%, Elementary 10.2%, Elementary administration and service 9.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.5%, Sales and customer service 8.1%, Administrative 8.0%.