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Administrative Areas

Ward
Dorchester West
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
240
Population
417
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚DT1 1DD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
417
Under 16
4%
16 - 64
46%
65 or over
51%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
43%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
402
Single
113
Married
131
Civil partnership
2
Separated
12
Divorced
30
Widowed
114

Health

Population
417
Very good
99
Good
131
Fair
109
Bad
47
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
402
England❚DT1 1DD❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
142
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
110

Ethnicity

Population
417
White British
391
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
2
Black African
2
Black Other
1
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
417
England
367
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
11
Ireland
2
Germany
4
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
China
2
Hong Kong
2
India
5
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1
South America
2

Religion

Population
417
Christian
269
Hindu
3
Other
3
No religion
100
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
159
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
24
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
10
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚DT1 1DD❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
26
Unemployed
11
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
240
Owned outright
89
Owned with mortgage
28
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
52
Rented - private landlord
60
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
263
Occupied
240
Unoccupied
23
Detached
11
Semi detached
15
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
149
Flat - converted
29
Flat - in commerical building
37

Household Size

All categoies
240
One person
147
Two people
78
Three people
9
Four people
3
Five people
2
Six people
1

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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