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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
145
Population
385
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚DT1 2BR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
39
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
385
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
308
Single
70
Married
197
Separated
3
Divorced
12
Widowed
26

Health

Population
385
Very good
210
Good
124
Fair
44
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
308
England❚DT1 2BR❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
133
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
385
White British
376
White Irish
2
White Other
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
385
England
353
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
16
Ireland
2
France
2
Germany
1
Poland
2
Kenya
1
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
385
Christian
257
No religion
86
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
197
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
29
Education
35
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
257
England❚DT1 2BR❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
55
Self employed
27
Unemployed
3
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
84
Owned with mortgage
54
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
145
Detached
59
Semi detached
82
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
26
Two people
55
Three people
21
Four people
31
Five people
11
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2BE DT1 2BJ DT1 2AZ DT1 2BD DT1 2AY DT1 2DY DT1 2BB DT1 2BA DT1 2DG DT1 2BZ DT1 2DA DT1 2AX DT1 2DT DT1 2BX DT1 2EB DT1 2EE DT1 2EA DT1 2BH DT1 2EG 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