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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
125
Population
325
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚BH20 6NA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
325
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
15%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
10%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
221
Single
83
Married
93
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
28
Widowed
4

Health

Population
325
Very good
177
Good
117
Fair
19
Bad
7
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
221
England❚BH20 6NA❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
325
White British
310
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Asian Indian
4

Country of Birth

Population
325
England
297
Scotland
5
Wales
7
Germany
9
Middle East
2
India
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
325
Christian
168
Other
1
No religion
142
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
168
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
10
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
13
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
218
England❚BH20 6NA❚
Full-Time employee
108
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
24
Unemployed
10
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
49
Shared ownership
9
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
38
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
15
Detached
20
Semi detached
36
Terraced
49
Flat - purpose built
35

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
33
Two people
31
Three people
24
Four people
29
Five people
6
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

BH20 6EU BH20 6HX BH20 6EX BH20 6HA BH20 6HD BH20 6EE BH20 6ER BH20 6JF BH20 6SH BH20 6FF BH20 6EP BH20 6ES

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