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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
171
Population
499
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
163
England❚BH20 6PH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
69
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
499
Under 16
34%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
23%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
33%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
331
Single
89
Married
204
Separated
14
Divorced
19
Widowed
5

Health

Population
499
Very good
312
Good
141
Fair
33
Bad
12
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
331
England❚BH20 6PH❚
Degree or above
56
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
66
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
100
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
499
White British
467
White Gypsy
7
White Other
13
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
5
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
499
England
400
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
20
Wales
21
Germany
32
Poland
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
2
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
499
Christian
298
Buddhist
3
Other
5
No religion
166
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
250
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
3
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
26
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
94
Education
23
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
328
England❚BH20 6PH❚
Full-Time employee
172
Part-Time employee
63
Self employed
13
Unemployed
17
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
24
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
171
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
28
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
74
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
180
Occupied
171
Unoccupied
9
Detached
14
Semi detached
70
Terraced
47
Flat - purpose built
46
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
171
One person
33
Two people
40
Three people
35
Four people
39
Five people
20
Six people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

BH20 6LW BH20 6LP BH20 6LN BH20 6LH BH20 6LG BH20 6LE BH20 6LB

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