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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
133
Population
351
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚DT1 2AZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
351
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
276
Single
42
Married
207
Separated
3
Divorced
11
Widowed
13

Health

Population
351
Very good
180
Good
120
Fair
31
Bad
15
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
276
England❚DT1 2AZ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
131
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
351
White British
335
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
4
White Other
2
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
5
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
351
England
317
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Middle East
1
India
5
Philippines
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
351
Christian
250
Hindu
4
Other
2
No religion
79
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
149
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
30
Education
18
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚DT1 2AZ❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
17
Unemployed
3
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
82
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
3
Detached
89
Semi detached
41
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
18
Two people
57
Three people
23
Four people
27
Five people
6
Six people
2

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DT1 2BE DT1 2BJ DT1 2BD DT1 2BQ DT1 2BG DT1 2BA DT1 2DG DT1 2BZ DT1 2DA DT1 2DU DT1 2DT DT1 2BX DT1 2EB DT1 2EE DT1 2DX DT1 2EA DT1 2BH DT1 2EG DT1 2DZ DT1 2AU DT1 2TW DT1 2TS DT1 2TP DT1 2TR DT1 2TT DT1 2SS DT1 2TU DT1 2SP DT1 2SQ DT1 2SN

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