Chipping Sodbury Demographics (South Gloucestershire, England)

Chipping Sodbury is a ward in South Gloucestershire of South West, England and includes areas of Yate, Dodington, Horton, Little Sodbury, Totteroak, Chipping Sodbury, Little Sodbury End, Old Sodbury, Horwood Riding and Codrington.

In the 2011 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 6,834 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Chipping Sodbury is 44, while the median age is higher at 46.

91.0% of people living in Chipping Sodbury were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.0% Wales, 1.9% Scotland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Kenya.

98.9% of people living in Chipping Sodbury speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% French, 0.1% German, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Vietnamese.

The religious make up of Chipping Sodbury is 63.3% Christian, 27.7% No religion, 0.3% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh. 486 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

57.1% of people are married, 9.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.1% are separated or divorced. There are 311 widowed people living in Chipping Sodbury.

The top occupations listed by people in Chipping Sodbury are Professional 18.2%, Administrative and secretarial 13.6%, Associate professional and technical 12.7%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.5%, Administrative 10.1%, Elementary 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.6%, Elementary administration and service 8.4%, Sales and customer service 8.4%.