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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
158
Population
373
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚DT2 8BE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
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
373
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
91
Married
158
Separated
8
Divorced
29
Widowed
17

Health

Population
373
Very good
174
Good
140
Fair
41
Bad
11
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚DT2 8BE❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
62
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
373
White British
365
White Other
1
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
373
England
351
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Germany
4
Italy
1
Spain
2
Romania
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
China
1
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
373
Christian
236
Buddhist
1
Other
4
No religion
109
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
209
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
14
Mining
1
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
32
Education
16
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
278
England❚DT2 8BE❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
45
Unemployed
6
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
158
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
40
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
49
Rented - other private
13
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
168
Occupied
158
Unoccupied
10
Detached
57
Semi detached
51
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
4
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
158
One person
47
Two people
51
Three people
27
Four people
23
Five people
9
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT2 8BH DT2 8BJ DT2 8FL DT2 8UD DT2 8BQ

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