Logo of PostcodeInfo website

Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
112
Population
246
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚BH20 5PR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
246
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
209
Single
53
Married
121
Separated
6
Divorced
19
Widowed
10

Health

Population
246
Very good
108
Good
87
Fair
39
Bad
9
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
209
England❚BH20 5PR❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
246
White British
237
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
246
England
204
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
12
Wales
6
Ireland
1
Germany
10
Kenya
1
Bangladesh
2
USA
3
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
246
Christian
142
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
No religion
72
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
121
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
16
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
9
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
183
England❚BH20 5PR❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
21
Unemployed
10
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
26
Living rent free
15

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
112
Unoccupied
13
Detached
45
Semi detached
46
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - in commerical building
4
Caravan
3

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
39
Two people
40
Three people
13
Four people
14
Five people
5
Seven people
1

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