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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
127
Population
320
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚DT1 2BA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
320
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
53
Married
176
Separated
1
Divorced
9
Widowed
18

Health

Population
320
Very good
176
Good
102
Fair
35
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚DT1 2BA❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
120
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
320
White British
304
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Other
7
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
320
England
287
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
7
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
320
Christian
212
Buddhist
3
Hindu
1
Other
1
No religion
67
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
160
Manufacturing
13
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
26
Education
21
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
226
England❚DT1 2BA❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
27
Unemployed
4
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
64
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
1
Detached
47
Semi detached
73
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
28
Two people
52
Three people
11
Four people
29
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2BE DT1 2BJ DT1 2AZ DT1 2BD DT1 2AY DT1 2BQ DT1 2BG DT1 2DY DT1 2BB DT1 2DG DT1 2DA DT1 2AX DT1 2DU DT1 2EB DT1 2EE DT1 2DX DT1 2EA DT1 2BH DT1 2EG DT1 2DZ 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