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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
115
Population
309
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
England❚DT1 2YN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
242
Single
65
Married
145
Separated
1
Divorced
21
Widowed
10

Health

Population
309
Very good
143
Good
108
Fair
41
Bad
12
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
242
England❚DT1 2YN❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
296
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
292
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Ireland
1
Zimbabwe
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
199
Other
2
No religion
87
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
159
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
18
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚DT1 2YN❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
15
Unemployed
8
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
49
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
24
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
116
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
1
Detached
5
Semi detached
20
Terraced
89
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
17
Two people
46
Three people
20
Four people
21
Five people
10
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT1 2HH DT1 2RR DT1 2TD DT1 2RG DT1 2RE 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