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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
166
Population
354
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
133
England❚DT1 2EH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
61
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
354
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
307
Single
88
Married
165
Separated
5
Divorced
31
Widowed
18

Health

Population
354
Very good
160
Good
134
Fair
47
Bad
11
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
307
England❚DT1 2EH❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
104
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
354
White British
343
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
354
England
335
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Middle East
1
Philippines
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1
Central America
3

Religion

Population
354
Christian
234
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
90
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
209
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
17
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
288
England❚DT1 2EH❚
Full-Time employee
125
Part-Time employee
60
Self employed
19
Unemployed
11
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
166
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
66
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
36
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
166
Unoccupied
1
Detached
69
Semi detached
37
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
166
One person
49
Two people
68
Three people
31
Four people
14
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2TL DT1 2TN DT1 1HD DT1 1EX DT1 1NU DT1 2BL DT1 2AR DT1 2AP DT1 2AB DT1 1QB DT1 1PS DT1 1NR DT1 1FD DT1 1AN DT1 1PN DT1 1NT DT1 1NS DT1 1NH DT1 1NN DT1 1NZ DT1 1PF DT1 1PA DT1 1AL DT1 1QL DT1 2FF DT1 2FN DT1 2AD DT1 2AJ DT1 2AQ DT1 1NY DT1 1NX DT1 1PB DT1 1WT DT1 1QU DT1 1WR DT1 1WQ DT1 1PG DT1 1PJ DT1 1WS

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