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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
143
Population
305
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚DT1 1GT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
44

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
109
Married
106
Separated
5
Divorced
22
Widowed
13

Health

Population
305
Very good
142
Good
115
Fair
37
Bad
10
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚DT1 1GT❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
96
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
290
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
278
Scotland
5
Wales
5
Germany
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
2
India
1
USA
3
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
150
Buddhist
4
No religion
121
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
165
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
21
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
242
England❚DT1 1GT❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
29
Unemployed
3
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
24
Student
15
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
28
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
47
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
149
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
6
Detached
8
Semi detached
24
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
60
Flat - converted
15
Flat - in commerical building
9

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
59
Two people
45
Three people
18
Four people
14
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

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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