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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
122
Population
244
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚DT5 1AG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
244
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
196
Single
79
Married
68
Separated
7
Divorced
26
Widowed
16

Health

Population
244
Very good
91
Good
103
Fair
35
Bad
9
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
196
England❚DT5 1AG❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
244
White British
229
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
4
Black African
1
Arab
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
244
England
220
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
9
Wales
1
France
1
Italy
1
Romania
2
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
244
Christian
127
Muslim
1
Other
5
No religion
94
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
119
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
10
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
181
England❚DT5 1AG❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
30
Unemployed
9
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
45
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
17
Detached
7
Semi detached
16
Terraced
61
Flat - purpose built
23
Flat - converted
27
Flat - in commerical building
4
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
55
Two people
38
Three people
10
Four people
14
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1AR DT5 1AW DT5 1AY DT5 1AS DT5 1BG DT5 1AP DT5 1AB DT5 1LH DT5 1NJ DT5 1AE DT5 1AD DT5 1AF DT5 1AT DT5 1AA 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