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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
139
Population
331
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚DT5 2AD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
45
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
331
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
77
Married
127
Separated
8
Divorced
44
Widowed
6

Health

Population
331
Very good
152
Good
106
Fair
48
Bad
17
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚DT5 2AD❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
331
White British
313
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
1
Black Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
331
England
298
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
11
Wales
3
Ireland
2
France
2
Germany
1
Poland
4
China
1
Bangladesh
2
USA
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
331
Christian
175
Buddhist
4
Muslim
5
Sikh
3
Other
3
No religion
115
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
174
Mining
1
Manufacturing
24
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
7
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
10
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
243
England❚DT5 2AD❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
28
Unemployed
12
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
47
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
5
Detached
20
Semi detached
23
Terraced
72
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
12

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
46
Two people
37
Three people
28
Four people
18
Five people
7
Six people
1
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2BD DT5 2BE DT5 2AB DT5 1JB DT5 1DY DT5 2AL DT5 2AJ DT5 2AS DT5 2AA DT5 1BT DT5 1BH 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