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Administrative Areas

Ward
Melcombe Regis
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
124
Population
217
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚DT4 7BA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
217
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
195
Single
76
Married
51
Separated
5
Divorced
50
Widowed
13

Health

Population
217
Very good
83
Good
64
Fair
39
Bad
24
Very bad
50

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
195
England❚DT4 7BA❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
217
White British
185
White Other
18
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
5
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
217
England
177
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
2
France
1
Germany
3
Portugal
6
Lithuania
1
Poland
2
Turkey
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
India
2
Philippines
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
217
Christian
122
Buddhist
4
Jewish
1
Other
4
No religion
75
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
104
Manufacturing
7
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
25
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
5
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
168
England❚DT4 7BA❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
19
Unemployed
11
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
57
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
149
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
25
Detached
2
Semi detached
2
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
84
Flat - converted
36
Flat - in commerical building
9

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
70
Two people
37
Three people
13
Four people
3
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT4 7TY DT4 7DW DT4 7DS DT4 7DP DT4 7DN DT4 7BJ DT4 7BS DT4 7BG DT4 7JF DT4 7JQ DT4 7JG DT4 7JN DT4 7DE DT4 7DL DT4 7DZ DT4 7BP DT4 7BH DT4 7ED DT4 7EE DT4 7EA DT4 7BN DT4 7JD DT4 7JE DT4 7HZ DT4 7JB DT4 7BX DT4 7EJ DT4 7HX DT4 7EH DT4 7ES DT4 7ET DT4 7BY DT4 7NE DT4 7HR DT4 7HW DT4 7HH DT4 7HT DT4 7HS DT4 7HP DT4 7HN DT4 7HJ DT4 7HU DT4 7HE DT4 7PL DT4 7PH DT4 7JH DT4 7HD DT4 7HQ DT4 7JL DT4 7JJ DT4 7HA DT4 7NG DT4 7NR DT4 7NJ DT4 7PB DT4 7QS DT4 7QT DT4 7HB DT4 7NN DT4 7NP DT4 7NS DT4 7NT DT4 7NU DT4 7NX DT4 7NY DT4 7RN DT4 7RR DT4 7RW DT4 7HL DT4 7HG DT4 7EZ DT4 7HF DT4 7PQ DT4 7PA DT4 7PD DT4 7PE DT4 7PG DT4 7JW DT4 7RZ DT4 7SA DT4 7SD DT4 7JR

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