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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
190
Population
442
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
124
England❚DT2 8WU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
442
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
380
Single
67
Married
255
Separated
2
Divorced
28
Widowed
28

Health

Population
442
Very good
202
Good
172
Fair
51
Bad
11
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
380
England❚DT2 8WU❚
Degree or above
55
2+ A Levels or equivalent
24
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
62
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
115
Other qualifications
25
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
442
White British
437
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
442
England
407
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
14
Wales
6
Ireland
1
Germany
5
Middle East
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
442
Christian
313
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
Other
5
No religion
81
Not stated
41

Industry

Population
224
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
52
Education
23
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
332
England❚DT2 8WU❚
Full-Time employee
137
Part-Time employee
59
Self employed
23
Unemployed
4
Retired
79
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
13
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
190
Owned outright
82
Owned with mortgage
94
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
197
Occupied
190
Unoccupied
7
Detached
143
Semi detached
42
Terraced
10
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
190
One person
36
Two people
90
Three people
35
Four people
25
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT2 8XU DT2 8XR DT2 8XT DT2 8UU DT2 8XQ DT2 8UR DT2 8UT DT2 8WL DT2 8WJ DT2 8XS DT2 8WN DT2 8WS DT2 8WW DT2 8WP DT2 8BL

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