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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
121
Population
253
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚DT1 1LN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
253
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
213
Single
88
Married
72
Separated
6
Divorced
28
Widowed
19

Health

Population
253
Very good
93
Good
100
Fair
33
Bad
18
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
213
England❚DT1 1LN❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
28
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
253
White British
240
White Irish
1
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
253
England
236
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Turkey
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
Philippines
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
253
Christian
164
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
3
Other
2
No religion
63
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
110
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
11
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
6
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
184
England❚DT1 1LN❚
Full-Time employee
59
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
15
Unemployed
8
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
72
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
34
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
64
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
46
Two people
37
Three people
23
Four people
11
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

DT1 1LD DT1 1LY DT1 1RB DT1 1NJ DT1 1LQ

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