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Administrative Areas

Ward
Dorchester East
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
125
Population
313
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚DT1 2SJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
313
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
43
Married
184
Separated
2
Divorced
11
Widowed
20

Health

Population
313
Very good
138
Good
118
Fair
44
Bad
8
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚DT1 2SJ❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
121
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
313
White British
304
White Other
9

Country of Birth

Population
313
England
284
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Germany
3
Lithuania
2
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
Pakistan
1
North America - Other
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
5
Australia
3

Religion

Population
313
Christian
198
Other
1
No religion
82
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
136
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
15
Human health and social work
35

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚DT1 2SJ❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
15
Unemployed
4
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
67
Owned with mortgage
48
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
2
Detached
69
Semi detached
54
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
20
Two people
60
Three people
15
Four people
23
Five people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2TH DT1 2TG DT1 2RU DT1 2TQ DT1 2DR DT1 2JT

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