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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
132
Population
275
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚BH20 6DY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
275
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
248
Single
54
Married
146
Separated
4
Divorced
22
Widowed
22

Health

Population
275
Very good
113
Good
109
Fair
44
Bad
6
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
248
England❚BH20 6DY❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
275
White British
269
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
275
England
252
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Germany
9
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
275
Christian
203
Jewish
2
No religion
56
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
151
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
18
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
216
England❚BH20 6DY❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
19
Unemployed
3
Retired
47
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
45
Shared ownership
6
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
5
Detached
49
Semi detached
31
Terraced
36
Flat - purpose built
21

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
39
Two people
61
Three people
18
Four people
11
Five people
2
Six people
1

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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