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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
111
Population
270
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚DT5 1FX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
270
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
224
Single
77
Married
93
Separated
5
Divorced
33
Widowed
16

Health

Population
270
Very good
118
Good
100
Fair
39
Bad
10
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
224
England❚DT5 1FX❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
270
White British
260
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
270
England
245
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Germany
1
Portugal
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
India
1
Philippines
1
North America - Other
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
270
Christian
150
Buddhist
3
Jewish
1
No religion
102
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
131
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
21
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚DT5 1FX❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
20
Unemployed
11
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
16
Detached
7
Semi detached
13
Terraced
105
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
32
Two people
37
Three people
15
Four people
22
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1LN DT5 1JW DT5 1GA DT5 1JJ DT5 1JN DT5 1JH DT5 2EN DT5 1JP DT5 1JZ DT5 1LE DT5 1JL DT5 1JQ DT5 1JS DT5 1LQ DT5 1LL DT5 1LJ

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