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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
143
Population
299
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚DT4 7UN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
31%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
278
Single
99
Married
79
Civil partnership
2
Separated
9
Divorced
39
Widowed
50

Health

Population
299
Very good
113
Good
103
Fair
51
Bad
27
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
278
England❚DT4 7UN❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
266
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
1
White Other
14
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
11
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
252
Scotland
5
Wales
6
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
4
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
India
1
Philippines
9
USA
1
North America - Other
2
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
299
Christian
193
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Other
4
No religion
79
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
133
Manufacturing
13
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
23
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
1
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚DT4 7UN❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
21
Unemployed
8
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
26
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
50
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
11
Detached
6
Semi detached
9
Terraced
29
Flat - purpose built
64
Flat - converted
44
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
79
Two people
39
Three people
8
Four people
9
Five people
5
Six people
3

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 7LA DT4 7FJ DT4 7LB DT4 7FA DT4 7PR DT4 7PN DT4 7FG DT4 7PS DT4 7PT DT4 7PJ DT4 7PX DT4 7JP DT4 7JT DT4 7LJ DT4 7JS DT4 7SZ DT4 7UR DT4 7UP DT4 7TB DT4 7JZ 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