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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
175
Population
352
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚DT5 1BQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
46

Age Groups

Population
352
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
278
Single
78
Married
97
Separated
17
Divorced
48
Widowed
38

Health

Population
352
Very good
127
Good
119
Fair
71
Bad
26
Very bad
48

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
278
England❚DT5 1BQ❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
88

Ethnicity

Population
352
White British
343
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
352
England
329
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Poland
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1

Religion

Population
352
Christian
181
Buddhist
2
Other
1
No religion
142
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
139
Mining
2
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
12
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚DT5 1BQ❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
24
Unemployed
12
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
175
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
21
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
26
Rented - other social
67
Rented - private landlord
43
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
231
Occupied
175
Unoccupied
56
Detached
2
Semi detached
48
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
143
Flat - converted
13
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
175
One person
79
Two people
51
Three people
27
Four people
11
Five people
3
Six people
3
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1GB DT5 1FG DT5 1FN DT5 1FT DT5 1FA DT5 1FQ DT5 1FS DT5 1AZ DT5 1ET DT5 1EX DT5 1ES DT5 1EU DT5 1HE DT5 1HD DT5 1HB DT5 1BB DT5 1PP

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