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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
307
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚BH20 6DU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
307
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
264
Single
63
Married
138
Separated
5
Divorced
30
Widowed
28

Health

Population
307
Very good
126
Good
115
Fair
51
Bad
10
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
264
England❚BH20 6DU❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
307
White British
304
White Other
2
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
307
England
275
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
9
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
11
India
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
307
Christian
222
Buddhist
1
Other
5
No religion
50
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
133
Mining
2
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
26
Education
10
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
215
England❚BH20 6DU❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
23
Unemployed
9
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
31
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
11
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
4
Detached
59
Semi detached
54
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
7
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
46
Two people
52
Three people
15
Four people
17
Five people
5
Six people
2
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