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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
282
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚DT5 2DT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
282
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
33%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
44
Married
155
Separated
7
Divorced
25
Widowed
18

Health

Population
282
Very good
108
Good
110
Fair
51
Bad
12
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚DT5 2DT❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
282
White British
275
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
282
England
264
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
282
Christian
198
Other
3
No religion
64
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
121
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
2
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
33
Education
10
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚DT5 2DT❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
18
Unemployed
7
Retired
61
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
82
Owned with mortgage
39
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
6

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
4
Detached
108
Semi detached
14
Terraced
13

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
32
Two people
68
Three people
16
Four people
9
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2DU DT5 2DY DT5 2DZ DT5 2EB DT5 2DR DT5 2DP DT5 2EQ DT5 2DJ DT5 2EH DT5 2EJ DT5 2EF DT5 2EL

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