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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
146
Population
417
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
139
England❚BH20 6JW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
76
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
417
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
284
Single
87
Married
143
Separated
13
Divorced
38
Widowed
3

Health

Population
417
Very good
238
Good
138
Fair
35
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
284
England❚BH20 6JW❚
Degree or above
55
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
73
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
417
White British
404
White Other
8
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
417
England
337
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
18
Wales
9
Ireland
1
Germany
34
Romania
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
417
Christian
262
Buddhist
1
No religion
119
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
226
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
23
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
69
Education
19
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
282
England❚BH20 6JW❚
Full-Time employee
172
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
13
Unemployed
5
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
146
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
30
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
146
Unoccupied
5
Detached
6
Semi detached
61
Terraced
82
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
146
One person
18
Two people
49
Three people
33
Four people
33
Five people
8
Six people
5

Nearby postcodes

BH20 6JR BH20 6LL BH20 6JS BH20 6JP BH20 6JT BH20 6JU

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