Freemantle Demographics (Southampton, England)

Freemantle is a ward in Southampton of South East, England and includes areas of Upper Shirley, Western Docks, Whithed Wood, Banister's Park, Southampton Common, Bevois Valley, Bevois Mount, Fitzhugh, Bevois Town, West Quay and City Industrial Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Freemantle was 15,937 and is made up of approximately 47% females and 53% males.

The average age of people in Freemantle is 35, while the median age is lower at 31.

70.1% of people living in Freemantle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.1% India, 1.4% Scotland, 1.1% Wales, 0.9% China, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Pakistan.

80.9% of people living in Freemantle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 9.0% Polish, 0.8% All other Chinese, 0.7% Panjabi, 0.5% Russian, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.5% Bengali, 0.5% French, 0.4% Persian/Farsi, 0.4% Spanish.

The religious make up of Freemantle is 50.9% Christian, 33.1% No religion, 3.2% Muslim, 2.0% Sikh, 1.4% Hindu, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 1,059 people did not state a religion. 112 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

28.4% of people are married, 17.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 38.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 907 widowed people living in Freemantle.

The top occupations listed by people in Freemantle are Professional 23.6%, Associate professional and technical 13.8%, Elementary 12.6%, Elementary administration and service 10.5%, Administrative and secretarial 10.0%, Skilled trades 8.5%, Sales and customer service 8.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.2%, Administrative 8.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.0%.