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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
42
Population
632
Males
93%
Females
7%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
England❚DT5 1PD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
632
Under 16
3%
16 - 64
93%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
44%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
612
Single
315
Married
168
Civil partnership
9
Separated
20
Divorced
93
Widowed
7

Health

Population
632
Very good
222
Good
283
Fair
95
Bad
19
Very bad
93

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
612
England❚DT5 1PD❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
136
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
134
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
100
No qualifications
118

Ethnicity

Population
632
White British
341
White Irish
9
White Gypsy
4
White Other
64
Mixed Black Caribbean
16
Mixed Black African
8
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
9
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Other
9
Black African
77
Black Caribbean
53
Black Other
12
Arab
6
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
632
England
384
Nortern Ireland
7
Scotland
4
Wales
11
Ireland
5
France
1
Germany
5
Italy
2
Portugal
6
Spain
8
Lithuania
5
Poland
9
Romania
2
Turkey
2
Ghana
1
Nigeria
51
Kenya
1
Somalia
3
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
9
Bangladesh
3
Pakistan
5
Sri Lanka
1
USA
2
North America - Other
4
Central America
3
South America
13
Carribean
35
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
632
Christian
351
Buddhist
15
Hindu
2
Jewish
7
Muslim
54
Sikh
1
Other
15
No religion
142
Not stated
45

Industry

Population
230
Mining
2
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
13
Construction
30
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
86
Education
7
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
606
England❚DT5 1PD❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
114
Self employed
31
Unemployed
26
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
5
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
43
Occupied
42
Unoccupied
1
Detached
2
Semi detached
13
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
13
Two people
13
Three people
8
Four people
5
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

DT5 1PB

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