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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
95
Population
600
Males
70%
Females
30%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚BH20 6JE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
66
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
600
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
0%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
43%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
2%
60 - 74
0%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
444
Single
209
Married
201
Civil partnership
1
Separated
19
Divorced
12
Widowed
2

Health

Population
600
Very good
426
Good
152
Fair
19
Bad
2
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
444
England❚BH20 6JE❚
Degree or above
69
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
130
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
101
Apprenticeship
93
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
600
White British
561
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
5
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
2
Arab
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
600
England
472
Nortern Ireland
9
Scotland
33
Wales
19
Ireland
2
Germany
34
Spain
1
Turkey
1
Ghana
3
Kenya
2
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
4
Hong Kong
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3

Religion

Population
600
Christian
394
Buddhist
2
Muslim
3
Other
6
No religion
161
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
391
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
13
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
15
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
310
Education
5
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
443
England❚BH20 6JE❚
Full-Time employee
334
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
1
Unemployed
8
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
23
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
95
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
6
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
77

Housing Types

All categoies
106
Occupied
95
Unoccupied
11
Detached
7
Semi detached
20
Terraced
76
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
95
One person
3
Two people
11
Three people
25
Four people
34
Five people
17
Six people
4
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

BH20 6NF BH20 6NG BH20 6NL

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