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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
127
Population
347
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚DT1 2QE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
347
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
270
Single
89
Married
126
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
32
Widowed
17

Health

Population
347
Very good
143
Good
130
Fair
56
Bad
17
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
270
England❚DT1 2QE❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
347
White British
344
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
347
England
328
Scotland
5
Wales
6
Germany
1
Nigeria
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
347
Christian
182
Other
8
No religion
118
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
177
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
10
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
18
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
246
England❚DT1 2QE❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
66
Self employed
14
Unemployed
10
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
40
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
44
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
72
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
25
Two people
46
Three people
17
Four people
23
Five people
12
Six people
2
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

DT1 3GQ DT1 3FA DT1 3FB DT1 3GJ DT1 3FJ DT1 3FH DT1 3GZ DT1 3GU DT1 3FD DT1 2HX DT1 3GR DT1 3GE DT1 3GS DT1 3GN DT1 3GP DT1 3GT DT1 3GL DT1 3GG DT1 3WL DT1 3WN DT1 3TS DT1 3UX DT1 3WH DT1 3GF DT1 3GH DT1 3GW DT1 3GD DT1 3GA DT1 2JQ DT1 2JN DT1 3GX DT1 3GB DT1 2JW DT1 2HT DT1 2JA DT1 2LF DT1 2NE DT1 2JL DT1 2JG DT1 2JJ DT1 2JP DT1 2NH DT1 2JF DT1 2JB DT1 2LE DT1 2LG DT1 2LD DT1 2NL DT1 2NN DT1 2NJ

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