Porthill Demographics (Shropshire, England)

Porthill is a ward in Shropshire of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Shelton, Frankwell, Bicton, Mountfields, Bicton Heath and Calcott.

In the 2011 census the population of Porthill was 4,558 and is made up of approximately 47% females and 53% males.

The average age of people in Porthill is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

83.9% of people living in Porthill were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.3% Wales, 1.7% Scotland, 1.0% Hong Kong , 0.5% China, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% United States, 0.2% India.

95.2% of people living in Porthill speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% All other Chinese, 0.5% Cantonese Chinese, 0.4% Romanian, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Thai, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% German, 0.2% Welsh/Cymraeg.

The religious make up of Porthill is 62.5% Christian, 26.4% No religion, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.5% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 363 people did not state a religion. 29 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.7% of people are married, 10.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 248 widowed people living in Porthill.

The top occupations listed by people in Porthill are Professional 29.1%, Associate professional and technical 13.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 13.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.4%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 9.7%, Teaching and educational professionals 9.7%, Elementary 8.4%, Corporate managers and directors 8.2%, Administrative 8.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.9%.