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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
74
Population
176
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
63
England❚DT5 1NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
176
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
139
Single
50
Married
51
Separated
6
Divorced
28
Widowed
4

Health

Population
176
Very good
88
Good
58
Fair
21
Bad
6
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
139
England❚DT5 1NG❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
176
White British
161
White Irish
1
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
176
England
161
Scotland
3
Germany
3
Poland
2
Turkey
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
176
Christian
84
Buddhist
2
Other
3
No religion
74
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
85
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
7
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
136
England❚DT5 1NG❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
15
Unemployed
14
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
74
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
83
Occupied
74
Unoccupied
9
Detached
6
Semi detached
24
Terraced
29
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
13
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
74
One person
26
Two people
19
Three people
11
Four people
11
Five people
7

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 1EN DT5 1JG DT5 1JR DT5 1NQ DT5 1LY DT5 1NP DT5 1LX DT5 1LR DT5 1JE DT5 1JF DT5 1FP DT5 1EJ DT5 1EP DT5 1ER

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