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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
126
Population
270
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚BH20 6BY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
270
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
242
Single
56
Married
136
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
27
Widowed
17

Health

Population
270
Very good
117
Good
106
Fair
34
Bad
11
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
242
England❚BH20 6BY❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
270
White British
258
White Irish
4
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
270
England
239
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
5
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
5
Turkey
1
South Africa
1
Sri Lanka
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
270
Christian
182
Jewish
1
Other
1
No religion
56
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
13
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
211
England❚BH20 6BY❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
31
Unemployed
4
Retired
47
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
71
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
9
Detached
75
Semi detached
25
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
8

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
37
Two people
57
Three people
16
Four people
10
Five people
5
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

BH20 6BT BH20 6DA BH20 6BG

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