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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
136
Population
400
Males
67%
Females
33%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚DT1 1JH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
400
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
351
Single
182
Married
105
Civil partnership
1
Separated
7
Divorced
45
Widowed
11

Health

Population
400
Very good
171
Good
140
Fair
62
Bad
22
Very bad
45

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
351
England❚DT1 1JH❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
92
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
92

Ethnicity

Population
400
White British
373
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
5
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
400
England
366
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Ireland
4
Germany
2
Lithuania
1
Poland
6
Kenya
1
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Sri Lanka
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
400
Christian
220
Buddhist
8
Hindu
2
Muslim
5
Sikh
1
Other
4
No religion
129
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
146
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
15
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
323
England❚DT1 1JH❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
21
Unemployed
8
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
23
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
30
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
25
Rented - private landlord
29
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
12
Detached
11
Semi detached
15
Terraced
85
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
62
Two people
42
Three people
15
Four people
13
Five people
1
Six people
2
Eight or over
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