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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
125
Population
203
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚DT1 1HF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
203
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
170
Single
75
Married
34
Separated
9
Divorced
32
Widowed
20

Health

Population
203
Very good
91
Good
69
Fair
34
Bad
7
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
170
England❚DT1 1HF❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
203
White British
190
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
203
England
172
Scotland
4
Wales
6
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
5
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
Philippines
1
Central America
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
203
Christian
106
Hindu
1
Other
3
No religion
79
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
102
Mining
1
Manufacturing
6
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
15
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
150
England❚DT1 1HF❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
17
Unemployed
13
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
39
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
15
Detached
8
Semi detached
8
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
55
Flat - converted
26
Flat - in commerical building
10

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
71
Two people
40
Three people
9
Four people
4
Five people
1

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Data Sources

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  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019