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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
127
Population
298
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚DT4 0GB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
298
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
80
Married
112
Separated
9
Divorced
24
Widowed
8

Health

Population
298
Very good
122
Good
114
Fair
38
Bad
15
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚DT4 0GB❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
298
White British
283
White Irish
2
White Other
8
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
298
England
267
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
7
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
4
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
298
Christian
179
Muslim
4
Other
2
No religion
86
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
125
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
10
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚DT4 0GB❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
11
Unemployed
10
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
28
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
24
Shared ownership
8
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
32
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
20
Detached
6
Semi detached
24
Terraced
55
Flat - purpose built
62

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
32
Two people
52
Three people
20
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

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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