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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
123
Population
316
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 6EU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
316
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
251
Single
54
Married
152
Separated
7
Divorced
16
Widowed
22

Health

Population
316
Very good
156
Good
106
Fair
41
Bad
10
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
251
England❚BH20 6EU❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
316
White British
312
White Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
316
England
287
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
5
Germany
7
Kenya
1
Hong Kong
3
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1
South America
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
316
Christian
217
No religion
78
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
132
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
7
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚BH20 6EU❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
20
Unemployed
9
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
35
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
3
Detached
66
Semi detached
46
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
27
Two people
47
Three people
19
Four people
14
Five people
14
Six people
2

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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