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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
160
Population
354
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚DT2 8ZE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
354
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
87
Married
167
Separated
2
Divorced
26
Widowed
21

Health

Population
354
Very good
168
Good
117
Fair
50
Bad
17
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚DT2 8ZE❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
78
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
354
White British
337
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
354
England
323
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
3
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
7
Spain
1
Poland
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
354
Christian
241
Buddhist
1
No religion
79
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
173
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
15
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
274
England❚DT2 8ZE❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
25
Unemployed
9
Retired
62
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
160
Owned outright
75
Owned with mortgage
34
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
168
Occupied
160
Unoccupied
8
Detached
79
Semi detached
41
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
31
Flat - converted
4
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
160
One person
45
Two people
71
Three people
20
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

DT2 8WQ DT2 8GB

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