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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
128
Population
406
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚DT1 2LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
406
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
323
Single
104
Married
124
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
29
Widowed
57

Health

Population
406
Very good
163
Good
126
Fair
78
Bad
32
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
323
England❚DT1 2LJ❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
109

Ethnicity

Population
406
White British
391
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
406
England
386
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
1
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
1
Middle East
1
USA
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
406
Christian
192
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Other
1
No religion
154
Not stated
57

Industry

Population
171
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
17
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
10
Human health and social work
40

Economic Activity

Population
252
England❚DT1 2LJ❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
15
Unemployed
13
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
36
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
1
Detached
7
Semi detached
34
Terraced
80
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
34
Two people
28
Three people
27
Four people
23
Five people
8
Six people
7
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2EP DT1 2HS DT1 2HR DT1 2LU DT1 2LT DT1 2LL DT1 2NF DT1 2HZ DT1 2NZ DT1 2FJ DT1 2LP DT1 2QB DT1 2HL DT1 2LY DT1 2LX DT1 2LS DT1 2LR DT1 2LW DT1 2NB DT1 2LN 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