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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
141
Population
335
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚DT1 2PH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
46

Age Groups

Population
335
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
92
Married
103
Separated
14
Divorced
29
Widowed
22

Health

Population
335
Very good
149
Good
102
Fair
61
Bad
21
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚DT1 2PH❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
36
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
335
White British
313
White Irish
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
13
Asian Bangladeshi
5

Country of Birth

Population
335
England
313
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Turkey
1
Bangladesh
2
India
11
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
335
Christian
180
Hindu
4
Muslim
5
Other
3
No religion
107
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
160
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
4
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚DT1 2PH❚
Full-Time employee
84
Part-Time employee
48
Self employed
18
Unemployed
6
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
27
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
63
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
1
Detached
1
Semi detached
64
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
50
Two people
39
Three people
19
Four people
18
Five people
12
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2FD 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 2PT DT1 2PX DT1 2PU DT1 2NT DT1 2NQ DT1 2NX 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