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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
278
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
64
England❚DT1 2DR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
35%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
250
Single
48
Married
149
Separated
2
Divorced
23
Widowed
28

Health

Population
278
Very good
110
Good
115
Fair
37
Bad
11
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
250
England❚DT1 2DR❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
77
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
271
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
253
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
5
Ireland
2
Germany
1
India
3
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
202
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
54
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
117
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
31
Education
9
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
199
England❚DT1 2DR❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
12
Unemployed
5
Retired
58
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
85
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
1
Detached
98
Semi detached
34
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
41
Two people
59
Three people
16
Four people
14
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2TH DT1 2SL

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