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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
126
Population
305
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
73
England❚DT5 2DZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
47
Married
182
Separated
6
Divorced
9
Widowed
16

Health

Population
305
Very good
112
Good
115
Fair
62
Bad
13
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚DT5 2DZ❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
301
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
277
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
7
Wales
9
Ireland
1
Italy
1
Poland
1
Zimbabwe
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
196
Buddhist
2
Other
1
No religion
76
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
134
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
8
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚DT5 2DZ❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
19
Unemployed
6
Retired
68
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
67
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
4
Detached
77
Semi detached
30
Terraced
22
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
21
Two people
63
Three people
18
Four people
17
Five people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2DS DT5 2DX DT5 2LX DT5 2DT DT5 2EA DT5 2BW DT5 2DU 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