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Administrative Areas

Ward
Chalk Valleys
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
134
Population
243
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
57
England❚DT2 7GU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
243
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
42%
65 or over
47%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
2%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
35%
75 or over
26%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
28
Married
129
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
28
Widowed
24

Health

Population
243
Very good
99
Good
88
Fair
44
Bad
8
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
England❚DT2 7GU❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
87
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
243
White British
233
White Irish
3
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
243
England
215
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
3
South Africa
2
Hong Kong
3
India
4
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
243
Christian
171
No religion
48
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
72
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
8
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
9
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
154
England❚DT2 7GU❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
20
Unemployed
3
Retired
72
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
85
Owned with mortgage
26
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
18
Detached
36
Semi detached
47
Terraced
57
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
52
Two people
67
Three people
7
Four people
5
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT2 7JS DT2 7JU DT2 7LD DT2 7JX DT2 7JE DT2 7JZ DT2 7JP DT2 7JF DT2 7GW DT2 7JN DT2 7JQ DT2 7JH DT2 7JG DT2 7JJ DT2 7GD

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