Wellswood Demographics (Torbay, England)

Wellswood is a ward in Torbay of South West, England and includes areas of Wellswood Park, Wellswood, Torwood and Ellacombe.

In the 2011 census the population of Wellswood was 7,777 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Wellswood is 52, while the median age is higher at 56.

85.7% of people living in Wellswood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.4% Wales, 2.4% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.6% South Africa, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% India, 0.2% Iran, 0.2% United States.

96.3% of people living in Wellswood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.1% Polish, 0.3% German, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% French, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Slovak, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Swedish.

The religious make up of Wellswood is 66.4% Christian, 23.3% No religion, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Agnostic, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist. 604 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.6% of people are married, 10.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.9% are separated or divorced. There are 653 widowed people living in Wellswood.

The top occupations listed by people in Wellswood are Professional 18.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 18.2%, Associate professional and technical 12.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Other managers and proprietors 10.1%, Skilled trades 9.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Elementary 9.4%, Elementary administration and service 8.8%, Corporate managers and directors 8.2%.