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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
167
Population
270
Males
59%
Females
41%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
England❚DT4 8NX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
59

Age Groups

Population
270
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
129
Married
42
Separated
8
Divorced
56
Widowed
20

Health

Population
270
Very good
90
Good
95
Fair
55
Bad
25
Very bad
56

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚DT4 8NX❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
49
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
53

Ethnicity

Population
270
White British
233
White Irish
1
White Other
27
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
270
England
219
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
2
Portugal
1
Spain
2
Poland
8
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
1
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
270
Christian
133
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
1
Other
4
No religion
110
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
140
Mining
1
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
44
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
4
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
236
England❚DT4 8NX❚
Full-Time employee
84
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
18
Unemployed
9
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
28
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
167
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
118
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
220
Occupied
167
Unoccupied
53
Semi detached
2
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
79
Flat - converted
76
Flat - in commerical building
45

Household Size

All categoies
167
One person
102
Two people
50
Three people
12
Four people
2
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT4 0DX DT4 8SU DT4 0UF DT4 0AB DT4 0UE DT4 0UD DT4 0UQ DT4 0UB DT4 8AQ DT4 8AG DT4 8AF DT4 8AT DT4 8AU DT3 4WB DT3 5YS DT3 6WH DT3 6YU DT4 0ZJ DT4 4DS DT4 4FZ DT4 4GB DT4 4GR DT4 4GW DT4 4GY DT4 4HA DT4 4HB DT4 4HD DT4 4HF DT4 4HJ DT4 4HL DT4 4HN DT4 4HQ DT4 4HR DT4 7ZN DT4 8AH DT4 8DS DT4 8WQ DT4 8XN DT4 8YA DT4 8YS DT4 8EE DT4 8LY DT4 8NF DT4 0UA DT4 0UG DT4 0UH DT4 0AJ DT4 8NA DT4 8NS DT4 7DY DT4 7DX DT4 7TZ DT4 7AW DT4 7DT DT4 8AA DT4 8HB DT4 8PY DT4 8EL DT4 8HU DT4 8EJ DT4 8PJ DT4 8HT DT4 8BA DT4 8BB DT4 8BZ DT4 8BP DT4 8PN DT4 8DA DT4 8EN DT4 8EW DT4 8PH DT4 8HE DT4 8PA DT4 8PX DT4 8HF DT4 8DQ DT4 8PB DT4 8NY DT4 8PF DT4 8DF DT4 8NP DT4 8NU DT4 8HQ DT4 7DQ DT4 8HP DT4 7AN DT4 7AP DT4 7DH DT4 7DA DT4 7DF DT4 7DG DT4 7DU DT4 7DD DT4 7AU DT4 7AX DT4 7AT

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