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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
156
Population
343
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚DT2 8JU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
343
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
304
Single
66
Married
175
Civil partnership
1
Separated
7
Divorced
36
Widowed
19

Health

Population
343
Very good
150
Good
127
Fair
50
Bad
14
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
304
England❚DT2 8JU❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
81
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
343
White British
340
White Irish
2
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
343
England
317
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
2
South Africa
2
Hong Kong
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
343
Christian
237
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
66
Not stated
38

Industry

Population
195
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
19
Mining
1
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
12
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
274
England❚DT2 8JU❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
55
Unemployed
3
Retired
60
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
156
Owned outright
78
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
10

Housing Types

All categoies
166
Occupied
156
Unoccupied
10
Detached
93
Semi detached
39
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
11

Household Size

All categoies
156
One person
46
Two people
69
Three people
17
Four people
16
Five people
6
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

DT2 8JS DT2 8NW DT2 8JT

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