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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
141
Population
291
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚DT1 2DW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
291
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
87
Married
105
Civil partnership
1
Separated
6
Divorced
35
Widowed
11

Health

Population
291
Very good
124
Good
130
Fair
26
Bad
10
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
England❚DT1 2DW❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
291
White British
267
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
9
Asian Bangladeshi
7
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
291
England
267
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Italy
2
Poland
4
Bangladesh
5
India
5
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
291
Christian
154
Hindu
1
Muslim
8
No religion
106
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
194
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
22
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
18
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚DT1 2DW❚
Full-Time employee
123
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
24
Unemployed
5
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
49
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
52
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
7
Detached
2
Semi detached
21
Terraced
122
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
56
Two people
46
Three people
21
Four people
13
Five people
3
Six people
1
Seven 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