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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
135
Population
303
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚DT1 2JW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
303
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
247
Single
71
Married
122
Separated
3
Divorced
26
Widowed
25

Health

Population
303
Very good
132
Good
106
Fair
52
Bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
247
England❚DT1 2JW❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
303
White British
288
White Irish
6
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
303
England
286
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
3
South Africa
1
India
2
USA
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
303
Christian
175
Buddhist
2
No religion
84
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
165
Mining
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
29
Education
17
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
213
England❚DT1 2JW❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
17
Unemployed
6
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
5
Detached
22
Semi detached
48
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
36
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
48
Two people
40
Three people
24
Four people
18
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT1 3GQ DT1 3FA DT1 3FB DT1 3GJ DT1 3FJ DT1 3FH DT1 3GZ DT1 3GU DT1 3FD DT1 2HX DT1 2JE DT1 3GR DT1 3GE DT1 3GS DT1 3GN DT1 3GP DT1 3GT DT1 3GL DT1 3GG DT1 3WL DT1 3WN DT1 3TS DT1 3UX DT1 3WH DT1 3GF DT1 3GH DT1 3GW DT1 2QE DT1 3GD DT1 3GA DT1 2JQ DT1 2JN DT1 3GX DT1 3GB DT1 2ET DT1 2JD DT1 2HU DT1 2JH DT1 2GZ DT1 2HT DT1 2JA DT1 2LF DT1 2NE DT1 2JL DT1 2JG DT1 2JJ DT1 2JF DT1 2JB DT1 2LE DT1 2LG DT1 2LD DT1 2NN DT1 2NJ

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