Westmoreland Demographics (Bath and North East Somerset, England)

Westmoreland is a ward in Bath and North East Somerset of South West, England and includes areas of Twerton and Bath Spa.

In the 2011 census the population of Westmoreland was 6,469 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Westmoreland is 33, while the median age is lower at 23.

84.0% of people living in Westmoreland were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.4% Wales, 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% China, 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.5% United States, 0.4% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa.

94.0% of people living in Westmoreland speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Polish, 1.0% All other Chinese, 0.3% French, 0.3% Cantonese Chinese, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% German, 0.2% Mandarin Chinese.

The religious make up of Westmoreland is 46.2% Christian, 41.5% No religion, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.7% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Agnostic, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 520 people did not state a religion. 70 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

27.1% of people are married, 9.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 52.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.2% are separated or divorced. There are 239 widowed people living in Westmoreland.

The top occupations listed by people in Westmoreland are Professional 21.0%, Elementary 15.1%, Elementary administration and service 14.7%, Sales and customer service 13.9%, Sales 12.7%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 11.5%, Administrative and secretarial 9.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.7%, Skilled trades 8.3%.