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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
119
Population
251
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚DT5 1EH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
251
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
197
Single
90
Married
60
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
26
Widowed
13

Health

Population
251
Very good
111
Good
79
Fair
41
Bad
18
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
197
England❚DT5 1EH❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
36
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
251
White British
241
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
251
England
224
Scotland
8
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
4
South Africa
3
USA
1

Religion

Population
251
Christian
105
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
111
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
100
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
6
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
9
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
185
England❚DT5 1EH❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
17
Unemployed
13
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
31
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
24
Detached
4
Semi detached
32
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
56
Flat - converted
14
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
51
Two people
32
Three people
18
Four people
11
Five people
5
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1AR DT5 1AW DT5 1AY DT5 1AS DT5 1BG DT5 1AP DT5 1AB DT5 1LH DT5 1NJ DT5 1NH DT5 1AE DT5 1AD DT5 1AF DT5 1AT DT5 1AG DT5 1AQ DT5 1AA DT5 1NL DT5 1LU DT5 1LT DT5 1NN DT5 1AN DT5 1AJ DT5 1AH DT5 1BJ DT5 1FE DT5 1FH DT5 1AU DT5 1EN DT5 1JG DT5 1JR DT5 1NQ DT5 1LZ DT5 1NG 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