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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
113
Population
277
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚DT5 2AZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
65
Married
114
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
23
Widowed
17

Health

Population
277
Very good
114
Good
105
Fair
31
Bad
18
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚DT5 2AZ❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
271
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
2

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
261
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
2
India
2

Religion

Population
277
Christian
155
Buddhist
1
Sikh
2
No religion
94
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
149
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
28
Education
12
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚DT5 2AZ❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
16
Unemployed
3
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
113
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
113
Unoccupied
7
Detached
11
Semi detached
13
Terraced
87
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
7

Household Size

All categoies
113
One person
31
Two people
39
Three people
16
Four people
17
Five people
8
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2HJ DT5 2HL DT5 2EZ DT5 2EY DT5 2LD DT5 2HA DT5 2EX DT5 2BL DT5 2BB DT5 2LL DT5 2BN DT5 2BA DT5 2BG DT5 2BH DT5 2AP DT5 2BQ DT5 2AY 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