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Administrative Areas

Ward
West Purbeck
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
141
Population
300
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚BH20 7LA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
300
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
261
Single
59
Married
155
Separated
4
Divorced
35
Widowed
8

Health

Population
300
Very good
139
Good
109
Fair
43
Bad
7
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
261
England❚BH20 7LA❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
103
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
300
White British
292
White Irish
5
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
300
England
276
Scotland
3
Wales
7
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Kenya
1
Hong Kong
2
India
2
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
300
Christian
206
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
81
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
165
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
23
Education
8
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
235
England❚BH20 7LA❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
35
Unemployed
10
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
41
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
156
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
15
Detached
62
Semi detached
36
Terraced
46
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
3
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
38
Two people
65
Three people
22
Four people
14
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

BH20 7LY BH20 7LZ BH20 7LJ BH20 7HJ BH20 7HA BH20 7HQ BH20 7HH BH20 7LL BH20 7LX

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