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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
112
Population
292
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚DT1 2DA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
292
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
76
Married
120
Civil partnership
2
Separated
2
Divorced
32
Widowed
9

Health

Population
292
Very good
171
Good
92
Fair
23
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚DT1 2DA❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
292
White British
284
White Gypsy
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
292
England
271
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
6
Germany
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Philippines
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
3

Religion

Population
292
Christian
149
Other
2
No religion
103
Not stated
38

Industry

Population
164
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
26
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚DT1 2DA❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
24
Unemployed
3
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
115
Occupied
112
Unoccupied
3
Detached
17
Semi detached
38
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
7
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
22
Two people
43
Three people
16
Four people
24
Five people
7

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2BE DT1 2BJ DT1 2AZ DT1 2BD DT1 2AY DT1 2BQ DT1 2BG DT1 2DY DT1 2BB DT1 2BA DT1 2BZ DT1 2AX 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