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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
103
Population
257
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚DT4 7PJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
257
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
111
Married
73
Civil partnership
1
Separated
3
Divorced
24
Widowed
4

Health

Population
257
Very good
95
Good
111
Fair
38
Bad
11
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
England❚DT4 7PJ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
257
White British
238
White Irish
4
White Other
8
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
257
England
233
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
5
Middle East
1
Sri Lanka
2
North America - Other
2

Religion

Population
257
Christian
131
Buddhist
2
Other
4
No religion
105
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
137
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
22
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
8
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚DT4 7PJ❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
23
Unemployed
4
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
103
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
41
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
116
Occupied
103
Unoccupied
13
Detached
16
Semi detached
17
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
36
Flat - converted
29

Household Size

All categoies
103
One person
31
Two people
40
Three people
16
Four people
9
Five people
1
Six people
3
Seven people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

DT4 7QR DT4 7QP DT4 7PZ DT4 7PY DT4 7QF DT4 7QG DT4 7QQ DT4 7QB DT4 7QW DT4 7UQ DT4 7UH DT4 7UG DT4 7FF DT4 7QL DT4 7QJ DT4 7QN DT4 7LU DT4 7QH DT4 7LR DT4 7LA DT4 7FJ DT4 7LB DT4 7FA DT4 7FG DT4 7PS DT4 7PT DT4 7PX DT4 7JX DT4 7JP DT4 7JT DT4 7LJ DT4 7JS DT4 7SZ DT4 7UN DT4 7UW DT4 7UR DT4 7US DT4 7UP DT4 7UT DT4 7TB DT4 7JY DT4 7JZ DT4 7JU DT4 7LP DT4 7TN DT4 7QU DT4 7FB DT4 7AD DT4 7TU DT4 7LQ DT4 7TW

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