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Administrative Areas

Ward
Portland
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
115
Population
242
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚DT5 1AB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
242
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
206
Single
75
Married
75
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
38
Widowed
9

Health

Population
242
Very good
104
Good
90
Fair
33
Bad
13
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
206
England❚DT5 1AB❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
242
White British
237
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
242
England
225
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
8
Germany
1
Romania
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1

Religion

Population
242
Christian
119
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
105
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
126
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
14
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
189
England❚DT5 1AB❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
12
Unemployed
14
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
40
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
25
Detached
8
Semi detached
13
Terraced
113
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
39
Two people
46
Three people
18
Four people
4
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1AR DT5 1AW DT5 1AY DT5 1BG DT5 1AP DT5 1LH DT5 1NH DT5 1AE DT5 1AD DT5 1AT DT5 1AG DT5 1AQ DT5 1NL DT5 1LU DT5 1LT DT5 1NN DT5 1FY DT5 1NW DT5 1AN DT5 1AJ DT5 1AH DT5 1BJ DT5 1FE DT5 1FH DT5 1EH DT5 1AU DT5 1EN DT5 1JG DT5 1JR DT5 1NQ DT5 1LY DT5 1NP DT5 1LX DT5 1LZ DT5 1NG DT5 1LR DT5 1JE DT5 1JF DT5 1NF DT5 1FP DT5 1EJ DT5 1EP DT5 1ER

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