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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
119
Population
309
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚DT1 2NX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
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
309
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
27%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
77
Married
98
Separated
8
Divorced
32
Widowed
47

Health

Population
309
Very good
90
Good
97
Fair
91
Bad
25
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚DT1 2NX❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
84

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
306
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
284
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
13
Wales
4
France
1
Germany
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
India
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
220
Hindu
1
Other
2
No religion
76
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
121
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
9
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
10
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
180
England❚DT1 2NX❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
15
Unemployed
5
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
27
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
44
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
3
Detached
7
Semi detached
28
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
43
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
44
Two people
39
Three people
16
Four people
13
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2NW DT1 2FG DT1 2NP DT1 3ED DT1 3EE DT1 3EB DT1 3DS DT1 3FF DT1 3EA DT1 3DT DT1 3FG DT1 3EN DT1 3EG DT1 3FE DT1 3ES DT1 3ER DT1 3EF DT1 3EP DT1 3EQ DT1 2PH DT1 2NS DT1 2NR DT1 2NU DT1 2PU DT1 2NQ DT1 2PY DT1 2PZ DT1 2PP DT1 2PS DT1 2QA DT1 2PW DT1 2PR DT1 2PG DT1 2PN

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