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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
120
Population
267
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚DT4 7HG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
267
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
235
Single
100
Married
63
Separated
7
Divorced
53
Widowed
12

Health

Population
267
Very good
102
Good
106
Fair
40
Bad
16
Very bad
53

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
235
England❚DT4 7HG❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
267
White British
233
White Gypsy
1
White Other
17
Asian Chinese
10
Asian Other
4
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
267
England
221
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Spain
5
Poland
7
Zimbabwe
1
China
9
Philippines
1
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
267
Christian
140
Buddhist
2
Other
3
No religion
100
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
144
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
35
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
6
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚DT4 7HG❚
Full-Time employee
71
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
19
Unemployed
7
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
30
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
46
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
25
Detached
1
Semi detached
6
Terraced
69
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
38
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
45
Two people
42
Three people
14
Four people
10
Five people
6
Six people
1
Seven 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