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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
127
Population
253
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
74
England❚DT5 1JS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
253
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
226
Single
52
Married
123
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
20
Widowed
24

Health

Population
253
Very good
92
Good
108
Fair
39
Bad
12
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
226
England❚DT5 1JS❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
253
White British
242
White Irish
3
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
253
England
223
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
7
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Romania
1
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4

Religion

Population
253
Christian
159
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
57
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
105
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
24
Education
12
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
190
England❚DT5 1JS❚
Full-Time employee
63
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
15
Unemployed
7
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
37
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
11
Detached
40
Semi detached
35
Terraced
58
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
41
Two people
58
Three people
18
Four people
8
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1LN DT5 1GA DT5 1JJ DT5 1JN DT5 1JH DT5 2EN DT5 1JY DT5 1JQ DT5 1JX 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