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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
131
Population
340
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚DT1 2LD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
43
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
340
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
263
Single
94
Married
120
Separated
7
Divorced
29
Widowed
13

Health

Population
340
Very good
155
Good
123
Fair
47
Bad
11
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
263
England❚DT1 2LD❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
340
White British
332
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
340
England
325
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Germany
3
South Africa
1
India
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
340
Christian
213
Hindu
1
Other
4
No religion
91
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
171
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
15
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
19
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚DT1 2LD❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
27
Unemployed
7
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
38
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
39
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
3
Detached
6
Semi detached
18
Terraced
90
Flat - purpose built
20

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
31
Two people
38
Three people
28
Four people
24
Five people
7
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

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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