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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
115
Population
278
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚DT5 1FP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
217
Single
68
Married
95
Separated
6
Divorced
27
Widowed
21

Health

Population
278
Very good
110
Good
97
Fair
48
Bad
16
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
217
England❚DT5 1FP❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
20
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
78

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
273
White Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
258
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
2
Turkey
1
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
146
Other
1
No religion
112
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
110
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Mining
2
Manufacturing
10
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
4
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
191
England❚DT5 1FP❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
16
Unemployed
18
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
25
Rented - other social
46
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
6
Detached
2
Semi detached
64
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
29
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
39
Two people
34
Three people
20
Four people
11
Five people
4
Six people
3
Seven people
3
Eight or over
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 1FY DT5 1NW DT5 1AN DT5 1AJ DT5 1AH DT5 1BJ DT5 1FE DT5 1FH DT5 1EH DT5 1AU DT5 1JG DT5 1JR DT5 1NQ DT5 1LY DT5 1NP DT5 1LX DT5 1LZ DT5 1NG DT5 1LR DT5 1JE DT5 1JF DT5 1NF DT5 1EJ

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