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Administrative Areas

Ward
West Purbeck
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
100
Population
223
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
56
England❚DT2 7JB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
223
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
31%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
5%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
194
Single
32
Married
127
Separated
4
Divorced
17
Widowed
14

Health

Population
223
Very good
110
Good
65
Fair
36
Bad
8
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
194
England❚DT2 7JB❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
223
White British
218
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
223
England
203
Scotland
1
Wales
5
Germany
3
India
1
Sri Lanka
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
223
Christian
134
Buddhist
2
No religion
72
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
107
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
166
England❚DT2 7JB❚
Full-Time employee
58
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
25
Unemployed
1
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
100
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
104
Occupied
100
Unoccupied
4
Detached
34
Semi detached
51
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
100
One person
22
Two people
45
Three people
23
Four people
8
Five people
2

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