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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
99
Population
173
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚DT4 7TA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
173
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
2%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
160
Single
64
Married
52
Separated
9
Divorced
27
Widowed
8

Health

Population
173
Very good
59
Good
70
Fair
26
Bad
14
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
160
England❚DT4 7TA❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
173
White British
159
White Irish
2
White Other
11
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
173
England
143
Scotland
8
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Poland
8
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
173
Christian
84
Buddhist
2
Other
2
No religion
64
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
104
Manufacturing
12
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
8
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
144
England❚DT4 7TA❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
13
Unemployed
6
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
99
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
43
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
99
Unoccupied
26
Detached
1
Semi detached
5
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
60
Flat - converted
46
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
99
One person
52
Two people
37
Three people
6
Four people
3
Five people
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 7PR DT4 7PN DT4 7FG DT4 7PS DT4 7PT DT4 7PJ DT4 7PX DT4 7JX DT4 7JP DT4 7JT DT4 7LJ DT4 7UN DT4 7UW DT4 7US DT4 7UT 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