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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
177
Population
403
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
England❚DT2 7TT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
403
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
322
Single
67
Married
190
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
27
Widowed
30

Health

Population
403
Very good
204
Good
128
Fair
59
Bad
9
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
322
England❚DT2 7TT❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
128
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
403
White British
376
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
6
White Other
8
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
403
England
354
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
6
Wales
13
Ireland
3
France
2
Germany
3
Spain
1
Poland
3
Ghana
1
South Africa
3
India
2
Central America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
403
Christian
242
Buddhist
1
Other
4
No religion
136
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
192
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
16
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
20
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
20
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
288
England❚DT2 7TT❚
Full-Time employee
101
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
48
Unemployed
9
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
177
Owned outright
74
Owned with mortgage
44
Shared ownership
7
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
190
Occupied
177
Unoccupied
13
Detached
74
Semi detached
79
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - in commerical building
3
Caravan
5

Household Size

All categoies
177
One person
59
Two people
59
Three people
24
Four people
25
Five people
6
Six people
4

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