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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
122
Population
246
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
England❚DT1 2QS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
246
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
44%
65 or over
46%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
8%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
31%
75 or over
24%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
222
Single
37
Married
139
Divorced
18
Widowed
28

Health

Population
246
Very good
95
Good
95
Fair
47
Bad
8
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
222
England❚DT1 2QS❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
91
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
246
White British
239
White Irish
2
Mixed Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
246
England
225
Scotland
3
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
1
USA
4
South America
1

Religion

Population
246
Christian
181
Other
5
No religion
51
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
101
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
13
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
164
England❚DT1 2QS❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
17
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
94
Owned with mortgage
20
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
2
Detached
104
Semi detached
18
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
41
Two people
56
Three people
14
Four people
6
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2RH DT1 2QZ DT1 2TA DT1 2RB DT1 2TF DT1 2RA DT1 2QT DT1 2QD DT1 2RQ DT1 2QJ DT1 2QY DT1 2QU DT1 2QX DT1 2ES DT1 2HA DT1 2EX DT1 2HD DT1 2QQ DT1 2QH DT1 2QN DT1 2QL DT1 2QG DT1 2EU DT1 2HF DT1 2RY DT1 2RZ DT1 2JS DT1 2BT DT1 2BU DT1 2ER DT1 2HQ DT1 2EN DT1 2BS DT1 1QN

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