Gloucester Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Gloucester was 121,688 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

85.6% of people living in Gloucester were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.4% Wales, 1.2% India, 1.2% Scotland, 0.7% Jamaica, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Pakistan, 0.3% Philippines.

94.3% of people living in Gloucester speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Polish, 0.6% Gujarati, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% Czech, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Gloucester is 62.4% Christian, 25.7% No religion, 3.2% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 8,349 people did not state a religion. 419 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 16 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

45.8% of people are married, 13.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 6,603 widowed people living in Gloucester.

The top occupations listed by people in Gloucester are Professional 13.6%, Administrative and secretarial 13.3%, Elementary 12.0%, Skilled trades 11.9%, Associate professional and technical 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.7%, Administrative 10.5%, Elementary administration and service 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.5%, Caring personal service 8.7%.