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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
129
Population
258
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚DT4 7RX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
258
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
68
Married
108
Separated
10
Divorced
24
Widowed
18

Health

Population
258
Very good
103
Good
102
Fair
38
Bad
8
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚DT4 7RX❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
258
White British
225
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Chinese
16
Asian Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
258
England
216
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
5
Ireland
2
Spain
1
Poland
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
3
China
7
Sri Lanka
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
258
Christian
143
Buddhist
9
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
Muslim
3
Other
2
No religion
78
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
6
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
53
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
200
England❚DT4 7RX❚
Full-Time employee
63
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
47
Unemployed
6
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
44
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
24
Detached
5
Semi detached
3
Terraced
29
Flat - purpose built
67
Flat - converted
41
Flat - in commerical building
8

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
55
Two people
46
Three people
18
Four people
6
Five people
3
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

DT4 7TY DT4 7DW DT4 7DS DT4 7DP DT4 7DN DT4 7BJ DT4 7BS DT4 7BG DT4 7JF DT4 7JQ DT4 7JG DT4 7JN DT4 7DE DT4 7DL DT4 7DZ DT4 7BP DT4 7DB DT4 7BH DT4 7BA DT4 7BE DT4 7BQ DT4 7EB DT4 7ED DT4 7EE DT4 7EA DT4 7BN DT4 7JD DT4 7JE DT4 7HZ DT4 7JB DT4 7BX DT4 7EJ DT4 7HX DT4 7EH DT4 7EW DT4 7EP DT4 7ER DT4 7ES DT4 7ET DT4 7EX DT4 7EY DT4 7BY DT4 7NE DT4 7HR DT4 7HW DT4 7HH DT4 7HT DT4 7HS DT4 7HP DT4 7HN DT4 7HJ DT4 7HU DT4 7HE DT4 7PL DT4 7PH DT4 7JH DT4 7HD DT4 7HQ DT4 7JL DT4 7JJ DT4 7HA DT4 7NG DT4 7NR DT4 7QS DT4 7QT DT4 7HL DT4 7HG DT4 7PQ DT4 7JR

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