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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
144
Population
326
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚DT2 8NW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
326
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
267
Single
49
Married
154
Separated
3
Divorced
33
Widowed
28

Health

Population
326
Very good
150
Good
106
Fair
53
Bad
13
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
267
England❚DT2 8NW❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
326
White British
307
White Irish
5
White Other
8
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
326
England
288
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Poland
3
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
India
3
Pakistan
1
Philippines
1
USA
2
Central America
1
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
326
Christian
212
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Other
4
No religion
72
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
145
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
21
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
221
England❚DT2 8NW❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
26
Unemployed
6
Retired
48
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
170
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
26
Detached
39
Semi detached
67
Terraced
52
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
49
Two people
57
Three people
17
Four people
11
Five people
8
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT2 8JL DT2 8JU DT2 8JX

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