Ashley Demographics (Bristol, England)

Ashley is a ward in Bristol of South West, England and includes areas of St. Pauls, Baptist Mills, St. Agnes, St. Werburghs, Rockleaze, St. Judes, St. Andrews, Cotham, Montpelier, Kingsdown and St. James.

In the 2011 census the population of Ashley was 16,225 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Ashley is 32, while the median age is lower at 29.

70.8% of people living in Ashley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 5.7% Somalia, 3.1% Jamaica, 2.6% Wales, 1.2% Pakistan, 1.2% Scotland, 0.8% Ireland, 0.6% India, 0.5% United States, 0.4% Northern Ireland.

85.4% of people living in Ashley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.9% Somali, 1.3% Polish, 0.9% Spanish, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.6% Urdu, 0.5% French, 0.4% Kurdish, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Arabic.

The religious make up of Ashley is 42.6% No religion, 25.9% Christian, 14.7% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 0.5% Sikh, 0.3% Hindu, 0.3% Atheist, 0.2% Jewish. 1,811 people did not state a religion. 162 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

19.2% of people are married, 15.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 51.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 762 widowed people living in Ashley.

The top occupations listed by people in Ashley are Professional 28.0%, Associate professional and technical 18.7%, Elementary 10.8%, Elementary administration and service 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.5%, Administrative and secretarial 8.2%, Business, media and public service professionals 8.1%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 7.8%, Teaching and educational professionals 7.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 7.6%.