South west region

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Population

5,701,186 people live in the south west region.

Age

  • 0-19: 21.4%
  • 20-64: 56.3%
  • 65+: 22.3%

Sex

  • 48.9% are male
  • 51.1% are female

Legal partnership status

  • Single: 34.7%
  • Married: 46.3%
  • In a registered civil partnership: 0.2%
  • Separated: 2.1%
  • Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: 10.1%
  • Widowed or surviving civil partnership: 6.6%

Disability under Equality Act

  • 81.4% not considered disabled
  • 18.6% considered disabled

Ethnic group

  • English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, British: 87.8%
  • Other White: 4.5%
  • Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: 2.8%
  • Mixed or multiple ethnic groups: 2%
  • Irish: 0.6%
  • Other ethnic group: 0.9%
  • Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean, African: 1.2%
  • Roma: 0.1%
  • Gypsy or Irish traveller: 0.1%

Religion

  • No religion: 44.1%
  • Christian: 46.2%
  • Not answered: 6.5%
  • Muslim: 1.4%
  • Hindu: 0.5%
  • Buddhist: 0.4%
  • Other religion: 0.6%
  • Jewish: 0.1%
  • Sikh: 0.1%