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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
111
Population
215
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
57
England❚DT5 2AA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
215
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
33%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
182
Single
44
Married
80
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
25

Health

Population
215
Very good
65
Good
86
Fair
49
Bad
12
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
182
England❚DT5 2AA❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
215
White British
207
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
215
England
197
Scotland
6
Ireland
3
India
1
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
5
Australia
3

Religion

Population
215
Christian
136
Buddhist
3
Other
2
No religion
60
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
85
Mining
2
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
7
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
150
England❚DT5 2AA❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
12
Unemployed
3
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
119
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
8
Detached
8
Semi detached
11
Terraced
62
Flat - purpose built
31
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
50
Two people
38
Three people
11
Four people
6
Five people
4
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2BD DT5 2AD DT5 2FG DT5 2BE DT5 2AB DT5 2BJ DT5 2FA DT5 1BX DT5 2LT DT5 1JB DT5 1HG DT5 1BU DT5 2AJ DT5 1BY DT5 1EB DT5 1BT DT5 1BH DT5 1HL DT5 1HX DT5 1BS DT5 1HN DT5 1HW DT5 1HJ 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