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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
122
Population
262
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
England❚DT5 1JH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
262
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
77
Married
80
Separated
6
Divorced
40
Widowed
13

Health

Population
262
Very good
116
Good
99
Fair
32
Bad
11
Very bad
40

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
England❚DT5 1JH❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
262
White British
256
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
262
England
241
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
2
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
262
Christian
126
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
115
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
141
Mining
1
Manufacturing
14
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
15
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
201
England❚DT5 1JH❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
24
Unemployed
6
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
17
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
40
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
22
Detached
8
Semi detached
32
Terraced
90
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
42
Two people
44
Three people
19
Four people
11
Five people
5
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1LN DT5 1JW DT5 1GA DT5 1JJ DT5 1JN DT5 2EN DT5 1JP DT5 1JZ DT5 1LE DT5 1JL DT5 1JY DT5 1JX DT5 1JS DT5 1JU DT5 1LQ DT5 1LB DT5 1LD DT5 1NE DT5 1LA DT5 1LP DT5 1FX 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