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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
94
Population
175
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
England❚DT4 7HP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
175
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
33%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
25%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
155
Single
58
Married
50
Separated
4
Divorced
18
Widowed
25

Health

Population
175
Very good
60
Good
56
Fair
39
Bad
18
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
155
England❚DT4 7HP❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
25
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
175
White British
158
White Gypsy
2
White Other
13
Asian Indian
2

Country of Birth

Population
175
England
150
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Wales
3
Germany
3
Poland
10
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
India
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
175
Christian
100
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Other
1
No religion
60
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
74
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
3
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
111
England❚DT4 7HP❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
15
Unemployed
5
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
94
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
36
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
116
Occupied
94
Unoccupied
22
Detached
1
Semi detached
2
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
73
Flat - converted
20
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
94
One person
54
Two people
20
Three people
15
Four people
2
Five people
2
Six people
1

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Data Sources

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