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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
138
Population
264
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚DT4 7BG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
50

Age Groups

Population
264
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
103
Married
56
Separated
9
Divorced
51
Widowed
13

Health

Population
264
Very good
91
Good
91
Fair
63
Bad
16
Very bad
51

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
England❚DT4 7BG❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
31
Other qualifications
35
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
264
White British
209
White Irish
4
White Other
30
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
2
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
264
England
208
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Poland
16
Romania
2
Middle East
1
China
1
Bangladesh
4
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1
Central America
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
264
Christian
123
Buddhist
4
Muslim
6
Other
5
No religion
98
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
139
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
32
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚DT4 7BG❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
22
Unemployed
25
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
16
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
90
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
174
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
36
Detached
2
Semi detached
8
Terraced
34
Flat - purpose built
54
Flat - converted
48
Flat - in commerical building
28

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
63
Two people
48
Three people
20
Four people
4
Five people
2
Six people
1

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Data Sources

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  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019