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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
125
Population
250
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚DT4 7JB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
250
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
221
Single
84
Married
94
Separated
4
Divorced
33
Widowed
6

Health

Population
250
Very good
89
Good
92
Fair
40
Bad
25
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
221
England❚DT4 7JB❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
250
White British
215
White Irish
3
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
9
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
250
England
209
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Poland
1
South Africa
4
India
8
USA
1
South America
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
250
Christian
147
Buddhist
2
Hindu
7
No religion
79
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
132
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
6
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
213
England❚DT4 7JB❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
24
Unemployed
16
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
26
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
48
Rented - other private
8

Housing Types

All categoies
150
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
25
Detached
4
Semi detached
5
Terraced
75
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
44
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
46
Two people
54
Three people
9
Four people
12
Five people
3
Six people
1

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