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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
135
Population
306
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚BH20 6ER❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
306
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
63
Married
154
Divorced
28
Widowed
24

Health

Population
306
Very good
130
Good
116
Fair
37
Bad
19
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚BH20 6ER❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
306
White British
303
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
306
England
286
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
6
Germany
4
Hong Kong
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
306
Christian
208
Other
2
No religion
65
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
148
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Mining
1
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
7
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚BH20 6ER❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
25
Unemployed
5
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
9
Detached
95
Semi detached
41
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
37
Two people
58
Three people
16
Four people
19
Five people
2
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

BH20 6EU BH20 6HX BH20 6EX BH20 6HA BH20 6HD BH20 6EE BH20 6HT BH20 6HU BH20 6NA BH20 6LS BH20 6EL

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