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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
199
Population
491
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
158
England❚DT1 2TS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
59
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
491
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
373
Single
124
Married
184
Separated
8
Divorced
35
Widowed
22

Health

Population
491
Very good
274
Good
170
Fair
37
Bad
8
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
373
England❚DT1 2TS❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
82
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
121
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
491
White British
464
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
1
Arab
3

Country of Birth

Population
491
England
457
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
4
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
India
3
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
491
Christian
334
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
124
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
270
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
53
Education
36
Human health and social work
40

Economic Activity

Population
348
England❚DT1 2TS❚
Full-Time employee
158
Part-Time employee
86
Self employed
19
Unemployed
5
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
199
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
72
Shared ownership
3
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
48
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
204
Occupied
199
Unoccupied
5
Detached
27
Semi detached
77
Terraced
99
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
199
One person
58
Two people
65
Three people
29
Four people
27
Five people
13
Six people
6
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2BE DT1 2BJ DT1 2AZ DT1 2BD DT1 2AY DT1 2BQ DT1 2BG DT1 2DY DT1 2BB DT1 2BA DT1 2DG DT1 2BZ DT1 2DA DT1 2AX DT1 2DU DT1 2DT DT1 2BX DT1 2EB DT1 2EE DT1 2DX DT1 2EA DT1 2BH DT1 2EG DT1 2DZ DT1 2AU DT1 2SP DT1 2SN

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