Portland Demographics (Mansfield, England)

Portland is a ward in Mansfield of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Newton Town.

In the 2011 census the population of Portland was 2,307 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Portland is 37, while the median age is lower at 33.

80.1% of people living in Portland were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.6% India, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Bangladesh.

83.9% of people living in Portland speak English. The other top languages spoken are 9.1% Polish, 2.6% Latvian, 1.1% Russian, 0.5% Lithuanian, 0.4% Czech, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.4% Turkish, 0.2% Gujarati, 0.2% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Portland is 54.5% Christian, 35.2% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.5% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu. 180 people did not state a religion. 6 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

27.3% of people are married, 19.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 13.4% are separated or divorced. There are 190 widowed people living in Portland.

The top occupations listed by people in Portland are Elementary 29.0%, Elementary administration and service 20.6%, Skilled trades 13.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.2%, Sales and customer service 8.5%, Elementary trades and related 8.4%, Associate professional and technical 7.6%, Administrative and secretarial 7.5%, Sales 7.4%.