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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
145
Population
341
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚DT1 2NA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
42
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
341
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
90
Married
125
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
38
Widowed
13

Health

Population
341
Very good
179
Good
126
Fair
25
Bad
9
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚DT1 2NA❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
341
White British
297
White Irish
4
White Other
14
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
341
England
295
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Lithuania
4
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Bangladesh
2
India
5
Pakistan
3
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
341
Christian
193
Hindu
2
Muslim
13
Other
3
No religion
102
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
207
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
29
Human health and social work
43

Economic Activity

Population
257
England❚DT1 2NA❚
Full-Time employee
129
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
26
Unemployed
8
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
63
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
35
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
7
Detached
8
Semi detached
12
Terraced
91
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
45
Two people
44
Three people
25
Four people
23
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2EP DT1 2HS DT1 2HR DT1 2LU DT1 2LT DT1 2LL DT1 2HZ DT1 2NZ DT1 2FJ DT1 2LP DT1 2QB DT1 2HL DT1 2LY DT1 2LS DT1 2LH DT1 2LJ DT1 2LB DT1 2LQ DT1 2LA DT1 2ND 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