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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
128
Population
330
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚DT1 2RR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
330
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
264
Single
59
Married
162
Divorced
27
Widowed
16

Health

Population
330
Very good
161
Good
104
Fair
46
Bad
16
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
264
England❚DT1 2RR❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
330
White British
314
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
2
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
330
England
305
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
4
Turkey
1
Zimbabwe
2
China
2
India
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
330
Christian
220
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
81
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
160
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
23
Education
12
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
240
England❚DT1 2RR❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
59
Self employed
14
Unemployed
5
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
52
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
3
Detached
25
Semi detached
44
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
20
Two people
56
Three people
25
Four people
20
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2HH DT1 2RN DT1 2RW DT1 2RL DT1 2RJ DT1 2TE DT1 2TB DT1 2RP DT1 2RG DT1 2RD DT1 2RF DT1 2EY DT1 2HB DT1 2EZ DT1 2HE

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