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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
143
Population
259
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
67
England❚DT1 2AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
259
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
37%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
52
Married
95
Separated
4
Divorced
32
Widowed
44

Health

Population
259
Very good
106
Good
93
Fair
47
Bad
11
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚DT1 2AR❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
259
White British
240
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
259
England
239
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Italy
1
Hong Kong
2
India
2
Philippines
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
259
Christian
179
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Other
1
No religion
38
Not stated
38

Industry

Population
113
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
10
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
182
England❚DT1 2AR❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
9
Unemployed
3
Retired
47
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
50
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
1
Detached
38
Semi detached
15
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
54
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
73
Two people
42
Three people
15
Four people
10
Five people
1
Six people
2

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DT1 2TL DT1 2TN DT1 1HD DT1 1EX DT1 1NU DT1 2EH DT1 2AB DT1 1QB DT1 1PS DT1 1NR DT1 1FD DT1 1AN DT1 1PN DT1 1NT DT1 1NS DT1 1NH DT1 1NN DT1 1NZ DT1 1PF DT1 1PA DT1 1AL DT1 1QL DT1 2FF DT1 2FN DT1 2AD DT1 2AJ DT1 2AQ DT1 1NY DT1 1NX DT1 1PB DT1 1WT DT1 1QU DT1 1WR DT1 1WQ DT1 1PG DT1 1PJ DT1 1WS

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