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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
112
Population
305
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚DT1 9EF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
95
Married
108
Separated
4
Divorced
26
Widowed
16

Health

Population
305
Very good
171
Good
106
Fair
21
Bad
5
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚DT1 9EF❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
143
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
273
White Irish
5
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
3
Arab
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
255
Scotland
8
Wales
5
Ireland
4
Germany
4
Italy
1
Poland
2
Middle East
2
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
6
Pakistan
2
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
149
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Muslim
8
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
109
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
182
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
20
Human health and social work
71

Economic Activity

Population
228
England❚DT1 9EF❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
19
Unemployed
3
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
112
Unoccupied
5
Detached
4
Semi detached
27
Terraced
69
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
12
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
30
Two people
37
Three people
19
Four people
19
Five people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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