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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
75
Population
619
Males
84%
Females
16%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
59
England❚DT5 1DD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
619
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
90%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
73%
30 - 44
6%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
578
Single
454
Married
95
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
12
Widowed
11

Health

Population
619
Very good
253
Good
296
Fair
52
Bad
16
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
578
England❚DT5 1DD❚
Degree or above
57
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
137
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
124
Apprenticeship
36
Other qualifications
28
No qualifications
176

Ethnicity

Population
619
White British
457
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
13
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
29
Mixed Black African
7
Mixed Asian
8
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Other
5
Black African
34
Black Caribbean
31
Black Other
4
Arab
1
Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
619
England
541
Scotland
6
Wales
18
Ireland
1
France
1
Italy
1
Portugal
3
Spain
1
Lithuania
1
Turkey
2
Ghana
1
Nigeria
2
Somalia
5
South Africa
3
Middle East
4
India
1
Pakistan
2
Sri Lanka
1
South America
2
Carribean
5

Religion

Population
619
Christian
290
Buddhist
3
Hindu
1
Muslim
57
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
217
Not stated
47

Industry

Population
150
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
37
Education
9
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
569
England❚DT5 1DD❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
62
Self employed
13
Unemployed
12
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
35
Unemployed 16 - 24
10
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
77
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
2
Detached
10
Semi detached
60
Terraced
7

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
16
Two people
29
Three people
13
Four people
9
Five people
5
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1DH DT5 1DG DT5 1EE DT5 1DF DT5 1DB DT5 1DE DT5 1ED DT5 1GD DT5 1DQ DT5 1DW DT5 1DL

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