Painswick Demographics (Stroud, England)

Painswick is a ward in Stroud of South West, England and includes areas of Painswick Beacon, Whiteshill, Far Westrip, Pitchcombe, Middle Spring, Randwick, Painswick, Bird In Hand, Ruscombe, Westrip, Edge and Ludlow Green.

In the 2011 census the population of Painswick was 4,158 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Painswick is 49, while the median age is higher at 52.

87.9% of people living in Painswick were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.6% Wales, 1.7% Scotland, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% United States, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% South America, 0.4% India, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

98.4% of people living in Painswick speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Painswick is 63.5% Christian, 25.4% No religion, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Atheist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.2% Muslim. 373 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

59.9% of people are married, 7.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 14.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.7% are separated or divorced. There are 192 widowed people living in Painswick.

The top occupations listed by people in Painswick are Professional 27.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 18.8%, Associate professional and technical 15.8%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Corporate managers and directors 10.7%, Administrative and secretarial 8.8%, Other managers and proprietors 8.1%, Business, media and public service professionals 8.1%, Health professionals 7.7%, Business and public service associate professionals 7.4%.