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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
173
Population
326
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
149
England❚DT4 8BP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
73

Age Groups

Population
326
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
139
Married
60
Separated
8
Divorced
51
Widowed
11

Health

Population
326
Very good
141
Good
115
Fair
48
Bad
18
Very bad
51

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚DT4 8BP❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
67
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
326
White British
296
White Irish
2
White Other
18
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
326
England
292
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Spain
2
Lithuania
2
Poland
11
Romania
1
Turkey
1
Nigeria
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
326
Christian
165
Buddhist
3
Jewish
1
Muslim
3
No religion
134
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
166
Manufacturing
6
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
50
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
7
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
264
England❚DT4 8BP❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
33
Unemployed
30
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
173
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
21
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
114
Rented - other private
7

Housing Types

All categoies
229
Occupied
173
Unoccupied
56
Semi detached
14
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
57
Flat - converted
43
Flat - in commerical building
74

Household Size

All categoies
173
One person
79
Two people
60
Three people
18
Four people
11
Five people
2
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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