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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
119
Population
294
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
England❚DT2 7JT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
294
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
56
Married
138
Separated
5
Divorced
23
Widowed
33

Health

Population
294
Very good
121
Good
99
Fair
61
Bad
8
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚DT2 7JT❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
294
White British
283
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
294
England
280
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
294
Christian
230
Other
1
No religion
54
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
140
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
23
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
8
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚DT2 7JT❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
36
Unemployed
3
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
19
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
10
Detached
58
Semi detached
46
Terraced
23
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
28
Two people
53
Three people
19
Four people
16
Five people
3

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