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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
119
Population
274
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
75
England❚DT5 2AY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
274
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
230
Single
54
Married
123
Separated
5
Divorced
29
Widowed
19

Health

Population
274
Very good
109
Good
93
Fair
54
Bad
16
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
230
England❚DT5 2AY❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
274
White British
265
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
274
England
254
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Germany
2
Turkey
2
USA
4

Religion

Population
274
Christian
195
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
66
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
136
Mining
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
16
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
194
England❚DT5 2AY❚
Full-Time employee
66
Part-Time employee
55
Self employed
12
Unemployed
2
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
41
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
7
Detached
25
Semi detached
18
Terraced
80
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
38
Two people
42
Three people
18
Four people
14
Five people
5
Eight or over
2

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 2AZ DT5 2AT DT5 2BH DT5 2AP DT5 2BQ DT5 2AW DT5 2AN DT5 2AR

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