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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
173
Population
255
Males
38%
Females
62%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚DT1 1XH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
255
Under 16
4%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
41%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
30%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
88
Married
52
Civil partnership
3
Separated
8
Divorced
42
Widowed
52

Health

Population
255
Very good
88
Good
99
Fair
48
Bad
15
Very bad
42

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
England❚DT1 1XH❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
255
White British
246
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
255
England
230
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
2
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
2
India
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
255
Christian
152
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
No religion
73
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
120
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
10
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
169
England❚DT1 1XH❚
Full-Time employee
77
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
16
Unemployed
7
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
173
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
53
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
198
Occupied
173
Unoccupied
25
Detached
3
Semi detached
16
Terraced
54
Flat - purpose built
106
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
9

Household Size

All categoies
173
One person
112
Two people
45
Three people
12
Four people
3
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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