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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
109
Population
232
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
68
England❚BH20 7LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
232
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
190
Single
39
Married
103
Separated
3
Divorced
28
Widowed
17

Health

Population
232
Very good
100
Good
80
Fair
41
Bad
9
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
190
England❚BH20 7LJ❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
232
White British
224
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
232
England
213
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Spain
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
232
Christian
144
Muslim
1
Other
6
No religion
63
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
104
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
13
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
12
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
163
England❚BH20 7LJ❚
Full-Time employee
59
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
21
Unemployed
10
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
109
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
36
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
115
Occupied
109
Unoccupied
6
Detached
24
Semi detached
36
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
26
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
109
One person
43
Two people
33
Three people
15
Four people
14
Five people
2
Six people
2

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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