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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
131
Population
326
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
England❚DT5 2BY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
326
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
252
Single
68
Married
132
Separated
6
Divorced
31
Widowed
15

Health

Population
326
Very good
173
Good
98
Fair
40
Bad
12
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
252
England❚DT5 2BY❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
326
White British
317
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
326
England
303
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
4
Poland
4
South Africa
1
India
1

Religion

Population
326
Christian
186
Other
5
No religion
114
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
167
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
2
Manufacturing
17
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
31
Education
12
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚DT5 2BY❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
19
Unemployed
12
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
60
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
4
Detached
6
Semi detached
18
Terraced
106
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
30
Two people
49
Three people
18
Four people
28
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2HT DT5 2JQ DT5 2BZ DT5 2JF DT5 2HR DT5 2JG DT5 2HP DT5 2HW DT5 2HB DT5 2HY DT5 2HQ DT5 2HG DT5 2HE DT5 2DE DT5 2BX DT5 2DD DT5 2HN DT5 2HF DT5 2HD DT5 2DB DT5 2DQ DT5 2DF DT5 2DA DT5 2LB DT5 2JZ DT5 2BT DT5 2LH DT5 2LQ DT5 2LE DT5 2LJ DT5 2LF

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