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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 2YD❚
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 2YD❚
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 2YD❚
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

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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