Rodway Demographics (South Gloucestershire, England)

Rodway is a ward in South Gloucestershire of South West, England and includes areas of Lyde Green, Shortwood, Emerson's Green, Pucklechurch, Mangotsfield, Kingswood, Siston Common, Warmley and New Cheltenham.

In the 2011 census the population of Rodway was 10,817 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Rodway is 42, while the median age is also 42.

93.3% of people living in Rodway were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% Wales, 0.7% Scotland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% India, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% Hong Kong .

98.4% of people living in Rodway speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Gujarati.

The religious make up of Rodway is 59.4% Christian, 31.0% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.3% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 817 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

51.9% of people are married, 11.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.9% are separated or divorced. There are 494 widowed people living in Rodway.

The top occupations listed by people in Rodway are Skilled trades 14.4%, Administrative and secretarial 14.4%, Professional 13.7%, Elementary 10.9%, Associate professional and technical 10.9%, Administrative 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Elementary administration and service 9.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.7%, Sales 8.1%.