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Administrative Areas

Ward
Bearwood & Merley
Local Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
131
Population
323
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚BH11 8TF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
323
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
236
Single
95
Married
89
Separated
11
Divorced
38
Widowed
3

Health

Population
323
Very good
160
Good
118
Fair
34
Bad
7
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
236
England❚BH11 8TF❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
323
White British
298
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
3
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
323
England
296
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Portugal
1
Poland
2
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
India
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
323
Christian
140
Buddhist
5
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
144
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
164
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
233
England❚BH11 8TF❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
16
Unemployed
13
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - council
39
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
3
Detached
10
Semi detached
25
Terraced
85
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
34
Two people
43
Three people
24
Four people
23
Five people
5
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

BH11 8TG BH11 8NR

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019