Pontrilas Demographics (Herefordshire, England)

Pontrilas is a ward in Herefordshire of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Garway Hill, Ridgehill, Llandinabo, Harewood End, Garway, Much Dewchurch, Orcop, Chapel Tump, Turkey Tump, Barrack Hill, Sandyway, Dewsall, Little Birch, Lower Wriggle Brook, Llanwarne, Callow, Hillgates, Much Birch, Grafton, Green Crize, Wrigglebrook, Three Ashes, Haywood, Wormelow, Tretire, The Cleaver, Upper Wriggle Brook, Twyford, Pencoyd, Llancloudy, Wormelow Tump, Orcop Hill, Broad Oak, Pentwyn Common, Kingsthorne, Redhill, St. Owens Cross, St. Weonards and Bullinghope.

In the 2011 census the population of Pontrilas was 3,605 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Pontrilas is 45, while the median age is higher at 48.

83.1% of people living in Pontrilas were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 8.1% Wales, 1.4% Scotland, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% United States, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Kenya.

96.7% of people living in Pontrilas speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Bulgarian, 0.7% Polish, 0.4% Romanian, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Welsh/Cymraeg.

The religious make up of Pontrilas is 66.5% Christian, 20.5% No religion, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Hindu. 362 people did not state a religion. 2 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

57.9% of people are married, 8.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.4% are separated or divorced. There are 149 widowed people living in Pontrilas.

The top occupations listed by people in Pontrilas are Skilled trades 19.0%, Professional 17.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 15.1%, Associate professional and technical 11.5%, Elementary 10.5%, Administrative and secretarial 8.8%, Agricultural and Related Trades 8.3%, Skilled agricultural and related trades 8.3%, Other managers and proprietors 8.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.8%.