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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
116
Population
305
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚DT5 1EG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
75
Married
94
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
34
Widowed
11

Health

Population
305
Very good
130
Good
114
Fair
51
Bad
8
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚DT5 1EG❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
301
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
289
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Spain
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
155
Buddhist
2
No religion
134
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
116
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
8
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
211
England❚DT5 1EG❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
12
Unemployed
10
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
116
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
116
Unoccupied
8
Detached
4
Semi detached
44
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
12

Household Size

All categoies
116
One person
30
Two people
36
Three people
18
Four people
15
Five people
13
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1LG DT5 1EQ

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