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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
142
Population
382
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚BH20 5PT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
62
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
382
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
290
Single
63
Married
185
Civil partnership
1
Separated
11
Divorced
17
Widowed
13

Health

Population
382
Very good
223
Good
119
Fair
31
Bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
290
England❚BH20 5PT❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
94
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
382
White British
356
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
1
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
382
England
300
Nortern Ireland
7
Scotland
16
Wales
7
Ireland
2
Germany
33
Spain
2
Romania
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Pakistan
1
USA
1
North America - Other
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
382
Christian
267
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
93
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
221
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Mining
3
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
34
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
73
Education
15
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
279
England❚BH20 5PT❚
Full-Time employee
144
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
30
Unemployed
5
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
50
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
187
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
45
Detached
43
Semi detached
59
Terraced
68
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
37
Two people
36
Three people
32
Four people
30
Five people
5
Six people
2

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