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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
196
Population
386
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
153
England❚DT1 1TS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
59
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
386
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
324
Single
122
Married
137
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
38
Widowed
17

Health

Population
386
Very good
182
Good
140
Fair
49
Bad
12
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
324
England❚DT1 1TS❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
87
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
386
White British
339
White Irish
1
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
10
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
7
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
386
England
342
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
6
Turkey
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
9
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
3
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
386
Christian
213
Buddhist
3
Hindu
2
Muslim
4
Other
6
No religion
123
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
224
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
18
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
29
Education
16
Human health and social work
52

Economic Activity

Population
305
England❚DT1 1TS❚
Full-Time employee
152
Part-Time employee
53
Self employed
14
Unemployed
9
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
196
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
54
Shared ownership
9
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
37
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
203
Occupied
196
Unoccupied
7
Detached
17
Semi detached
15
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
109
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
4
Caravan
21

Household Size

All categoies
196
One person
74
Two people
77
Three people
24
Four people
19
Five people
2

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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