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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
132
Population
282
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚DT4 8YL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
51

Age Groups

Population
282
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
110
Married
64
Separated
8
Divorced
32
Widowed
14

Health

Population
282
Very good
121
Good
101
Fair
40
Bad
18
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚DT4 8YL❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
282
White British
264
White Irish
1
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
282
England
264
Scotland
6
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Poland
2
Romania
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
282
Christian
132
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
117
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
135
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
8
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
221
England❚DT4 8YL❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
21
Unemployed
17
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
26
Rented - private landlord
38
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
10
Detached
4
Semi detached
8
Terraced
82
Flat - purpose built
36
Flat - converted
9
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
42
Two people
48
Three people
28
Four people
10
Five people
4

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