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Administrative Areas

Ward
Dorchester West
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
115
Population
309
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
England❚DT1 2HS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
72
Married
123
Separated
5
Divorced
24
Widowed
16

Health

Population
309
Very good
138
Good
129
Fair
31
Bad
9
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚DT1 2HS❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
301
White Gypsy
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
1
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
294
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
India
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
206
Hindu
1
No religion
78
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
166
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
10
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚DT1 2HS❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
25
Unemployed
6
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
50
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
6
Detached
37
Semi detached
56
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
27
Two people
35
Three people
20
Four people
16
Five people
14
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2EP DT1 2NF DT1 2NZ DT1 2FJ DT1 2LP DT1 2QB DT1 2HL DT1 2LY DT1 2LX DT1 2LS DT1 2LH DT1 2LJ DT1 2LB DT1 2LR DT1 2LQ DT1 2LW DT1 2NB DT1 2LA DT1 2LN DT1 2ND DT1 2NA DT1 2JX DT1 2JR DT1 2EW DT1 2HN DT1 2HW DT1 2HP DT1 2HJ DT1 2FE DT1 1RD DT1 1QZ DT1 1TY DT1 1GA DT1 1QY DT1 2LZ DT1 1RQ DT1 1SB DT1 1RT DT1 1QW DT1 1RZ DT1 1RG DT1 1UD DT1 1XY DT1 1UF DT1 1AW DT1 1RJ DT1 1AG

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