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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
123
Population
275
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚DT5 2EL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
275
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
39
Married
154
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
20
Widowed
20

Health

Population
275
Very good
98
Good
126
Fair
36
Bad
13
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
England❚DT5 2EL❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
275
White British
271
White Irish
4

Country of Birth

Population
275
England
257
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
3
France
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
275
Christian
178
No religion
79
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
138
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
16
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚DT5 2EL❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
26
Unemployed
1
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - private landlord
9

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
15
Detached
34
Semi detached
38
Terraced
62
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
30
Two people
57
Three people
16
Four people
18
Five people
1
Six people
1

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