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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
171
Population
425
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
England❚DT5 1DU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
45
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
425
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
327
Single
71
Married
183
Civil partnership
4
Separated
14
Divorced
36
Widowed
19

Health

Population
425
Very good
211
Good
148
Fair
51
Bad
10
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
327
England❚DT5 1DU❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
425
White British
412
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
2
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
425
England
390
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
6
Wales
8
France
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
USA
7
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
425
Christian
205
Sikh
2
Other
6
No religion
170
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
195
Mining
3
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
31
Education
30
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
302
England❚DT5 1DU❚
Full-Time employee
110
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
32
Unemployed
10
Retired
58
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
171
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
71
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
179
Occupied
171
Unoccupied
8
Detached
34
Semi detached
29
Terraced
87
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
12
Flat - in commerical building
3
Caravan
12

Household Size

All categoies
171
One person
40
Two people
67
Three people
28
Four people
20
Five people
12
Six people
2
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

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