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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
151
Population
312
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚DT1 1ZD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
312
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
103
Married
97
Separated
11
Divorced
36
Widowed
28

Health

Population
312
Very good
134
Good
102
Fair
62
Bad
12
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚DT1 1ZD❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
107
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
312
White British
289
White Irish
2
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
312
England
272
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
4
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Poland
1
Romania
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
China
1
India
1
Philippines
5
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
312
Christian
163
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
112
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
172
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
15
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚DT1 1ZD❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
22
Unemployed
6
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
151
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
39
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
163
Occupied
151
Unoccupied
12
Detached
9
Semi detached
21
Terraced
66
Flat - purpose built
47
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
12

Household Size

All categoies
151
One person
55
Two people
67
Three people
17
Four people
8
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

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Data Sources

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  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019