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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
123
Population
258
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚DT1 2PE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
258
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
206
Single
74
Married
82
Separated
6
Divorced
31
Widowed
13

Health

Population
258
Very good
104
Good
115
Fair
29
Bad
9
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
206
England❚DT1 2PE❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
258
White British
242
White Gypsy
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
258
England
233
Scotland
8
Wales
3
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
2
India
2
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
258
Christian
144
Hindu
2
Muslim
2
No religion
87
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
139
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
8
Human health and social work
35

Economic Activity

Population
187
England❚DT1 2PE❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
15
Unemployed
6
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
53
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
17
Terraced
89
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
48
Two people
39
Three people
17
Four people
15
Five people
3
Six people
1

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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