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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
202
Population
357
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚DT4 7TL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
357
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
36%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
335
Single
85
Married
161
Separated
11
Divorced
31
Widowed
47

Health

Population
357
Very good
145
Good
129
Fair
61
Bad
14
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
335
England❚DT4 7TL❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
110
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
357
White British
336
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
13
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
357
England
313
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
11
Wales
10
Ireland
1
France
3
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Poland
1
Sri Lanka
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
357
Christian
213
Buddhist
1
Jewish
1
No religion
92
Not stated
50

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
10
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
12
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
265
England❚DT4 7TL❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
38
Unemployed
8
Retired
81
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
202
Owned outright
106
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - private landlord
52
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
240
Occupied
202
Unoccupied
38
Detached
33
Semi detached
10
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
138
Flat - converted
47

Household Size

All categoies
202
One person
95
Two people
80
Three people
12
Four people
11
Five people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT4 7SS

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