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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
150
Population
342
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
138
England❚DT5 2AH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
49
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
44

Age Groups

Population
342
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
104
Married
93
Separated
10
Divorced
39
Widowed
7

Health

Population
342
Very good
149
Good
137
Fair
32
Bad
22
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
England❚DT5 2AH❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
342
White British
335
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
342
England
322
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
1
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
342
Christian
168
Buddhist
1
No religion
142
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
170
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
10
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚DT5 2AH❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
17
Unemployed
16
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
150
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
54
Shared ownership
5
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
44
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
150
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
7
Terraced
52
Flat - purpose built
89
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
150
One person
50
Two people
48
Three people
26
Four people
15
Five people
8
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2AG DT5 2HS DT5 2HU DT5 2HZ

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