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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
129
Population
355
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚BH20 6JJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
355
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
261
Single
68
Married
131
Separated
11
Divorced
29
Widowed
22

Health

Population
355
Very good
146
Good
117
Fair
53
Bad
34
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
261
England❚BH20 6JJ❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
23
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
355
White British
338
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
355
England
322
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
8
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Germany
4
Spain
1
South Africa
4
China
1
North America - Other
4

Religion

Population
355
Christian
211
Buddhist
1
No religion
128
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
131
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
23
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
24
Education
11
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚BH20 6JJ❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
5
Unemployed
17
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - council
19
Rented - other social
67
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
2
Detached
4
Semi detached
108
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
27
Two people
43
Three people
20
Four people
21
Five people
13
Six people
3
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

BH20 6PD

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