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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
129
Population
301
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚DT5 1HJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
301
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
63
Married
143
Separated
3
Divorced
20
Widowed
28

Health

Population
301
Very good
148
Good
94
Fair
44
Bad
12
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚DT5 1HJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
301
White British
293
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
301
England
282
Scotland
4
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Italy
1
Philippines
2
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
301
Christian
186
No religion
85
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
140
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
17
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
216
England❚DT5 1HJ❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
21
Unemployed
5
Retired
53
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
8
Detached
25
Semi detached
17
Terraced
90
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
38
Two people
47
Three people
23
Four people
16
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2BD DT5 2AD DT5 2FG DT5 2BE DT5 2AB DT5 2BJ DT5 2FA DT5 1BX DT5 2LT DT5 1HG DT5 1DY DT5 1BU DT5 2AL DT5 2AJ DT5 2AS DT5 2AA DT5 1BY DT5 1EB DT5 1BT DT5 1BH DT5 1HL DT5 1HX DT5 1BS DT5 1DU DT5 1JT DT5 1HH DT5 1HQ DT5 1JD

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