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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
114
Population
236
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚DT4 7JD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
236
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
212
Single
72
Married
78
Separated
13
Divorced
34
Widowed
15

Health

Population
236
Very good
87
Good
74
Fair
52
Bad
18
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
212
England❚DT4 7JD❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
236
White British
197
White Irish
3
White Other
28
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
236
England
194
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Portugal
3
Spain
1
Poland
9
Turkey
1
Zimbabwe
1
Bangladesh
1
Sri Lanka
2
USA
2
Central America
1

Religion

Population
236
Christian
134
Buddhist
2
Muslim
2
Other
3
No religion
76
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
124
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
18
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
20
Information and communication
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
2
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
194
England❚DT4 7JD❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
15
Unemployed
18
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
38
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
33
Detached
3
Semi detached
7
Terraced
75
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - converted
46
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
42
Two people
42
Three people
16
Four people
9
Five people
4
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