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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
134
Population
361
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚DT1 2DP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
296
Single
86
Married
161
Separated
4
Divorced
30
Widowed
15

Health

Population
361
Very good
202
Good
117
Fair
34
Bad
7
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
296
England❚DT1 2DP❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
110
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
345
White Irish
3
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
317
Scotland
2
Wales
10
Ireland
4
France
2
Germany
3
Italy
1
Nigeria
1
India
1
USA
5
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
361
Christian
201
Other
4
No religion
113
Not stated
43

Industry

Population
205
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
31
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
269
England❚DT1 2DP❚
Full-Time employee
111
Part-Time employee
60
Self employed
25
Unemployed
6
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
64
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
3
Detached
13
Semi detached
30
Terraced
88
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
18
Two people
47
Three people
36
Four people
28
Five people
4
Six people
1

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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