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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
136
Population
323
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚DT5 2AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
323
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
254
Single
61
Married
140
Separated
2
Divorced
29
Widowed
22

Health

Population
323
Very good
150
Good
117
Fair
42
Bad
9
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
254
England❚DT5 2AR❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
323
White British
312
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
323
England
294
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
3
Germany
4
Zimbabwe
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
323
Christian
190
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
88
Not stated
40

Industry

Population
162
Mining
1
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
24
Education
25
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚DT5 2AR❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
26
Unemployed
5
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
63
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
141
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
5
Detached
7
Semi detached
8
Terraced
117
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
40
Two people
39
Three people
29
Four people
23
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2HJ DT5 2HL DT5 2EZ DT5 2EY DT5 2LD DT5 2HA DT5 2EX DT5 2AU DT5 2BL DT5 2BB DT5 2LL DT5 2AX DT5 2BN DT5 2AZ DT5 2BA DT5 2BG DT5 2AT DT5 2AY DT5 2AN

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