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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
163
Population
442
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
155
England❚BH20 6LL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
42
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
51
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
442
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
329
Single
92
Married
184
Separated
9
Divorced
41
Widowed
3

Health

Population
442
Very good
259
Good
145
Fair
27
Bad
9
Very bad
41

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
329
England❚BH20 6LL❚
Degree or above
55
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
63
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
60
Apprenticeship
95
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
442
White British
424
White Irish
2
White Other
8
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
442
England
395
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
19
Italy
2
Spain
1
Poland
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
442
Christian
236
Hindu
1
Other
6
No religion
160
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
269
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
23
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
18
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
71
Education
21
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
328
England❚BH20 6LL❚
Full-Time employee
193
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
27
Unemployed
12
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
163
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
75
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
25
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
18
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
165
Occupied
163
Unoccupied
2
Detached
28
Semi detached
50
Terraced
85
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
163
One person
20
Two people
64
Three people
40
Four people
28
Five people
7
Six people
2
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

BH20 6JR BH20 6JP BH20 6JT BH20 6JU BH20 6JX BH20 6JY BH20 6JW BH20 6JZ BH20 6JN BH20 6LA BH20 6JD

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