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Administrative Areas

Ward
West Purbeck
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
149
Population
332
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚BH20 5FD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
332
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
34%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
296
Single
65
Married
170
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
33
Widowed
22

Health

Population
332
Very good
161
Good
107
Fair
45
Bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
296
England❚BH20 5FD❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
103
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
332
White British
315
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
3
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
332
England
304
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Spain
1
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
3

Religion

Population
332
Christian
219
Muslim
1
No religion
88
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
162
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
23
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
14
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
274
England❚BH20 5FD❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
45
Unemployed
10
Retired
77
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
149
Owned outright
71
Owned with mortgage
32
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
197
Occupied
149
Unoccupied
48
Detached
96
Semi detached
60
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
149
One person
41
Two people
70
Three people
14
Four people
16
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

BH20 5SB BH20 5SD BH20 5SP BH20 5SA BH20 5SN BH20 5SH

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