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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
256
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
England❚DT4 7HJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
256
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
106
Married
61
Separated
10
Divorced
31
Widowed
12

Health

Population
256
Very good
114
Good
87
Fair
42
Bad
11
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚DT4 7HJ❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
256
White British
227
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
256
England
215
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
6
France
1
Germany
2
Poland
7
Turkey
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
3
China
2
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
256
Christian
123
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
5
Other
2
No religion
101
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
139
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
21
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
6
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚DT4 7HJ❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
11
Unemployed
21
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
9
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
53
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
19
Detached
3
Semi detached
7
Terraced
82
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - converted
30
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
46
Two people
38
Three people
18
Four people
13
Five people
4
Six people
1

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Data Sources

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