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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
137
Population
278
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
126
England❚DT1 1LT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
36
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
224
Single
106
Married
71
Separated
11
Divorced
31
Widowed
5

Health

Population
278
Very good
143
Good
99
Fair
22
Bad
9
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
224
England❚DT1 1LT❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
97
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
251
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
5
White Other
7
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
5
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
240
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
10
Wales
2
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Romania
2
Turkey
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
5
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
2

Religion

Population
278
Christian
142
Muslim
1
Other
7
No religion
110
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
178
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
15
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
218
England❚DT1 1LT❚
Full-Time employee
112
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
27
Unemployed
5
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
7
Detached
9
Semi detached
9
Terraced
65
Flat - purpose built
49
Flat - converted
11
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
59
Two people
38
Three people
24
Four people
10
Five people
5
Six people
1

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