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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
138
Population
289
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
67
England❚BH20 6DJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
289
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
47%
65 or over
38%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
246
Single
46
Married
126
Separated
8
Divorced
28
Widowed
38

Health

Population
289
Very good
104
Good
106
Fair
62
Bad
16
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
246
England❚BH20 6DJ❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
78

Ethnicity

Population
289
White British
274
White Irish
1
White Other
7
Mixed Other
5
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
289
England
257
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
8
Poland
2
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Philippines
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
289
Christian
221
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
No religion
45
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
101
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
9
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
191
England❚BH20 6DJ❚
Full-Time employee
58
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
14
Unemployed
7
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
27
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
7
Detached
46
Semi detached
72
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
45
Two people
59
Three people
19
Four people
12
Five people
1
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

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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