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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
104
Population
226
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
73
England❚DT5 2ER❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
226
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
199
Single
46
Married
106
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
29
Widowed
10

Health

Population
226
Very good
89
Good
95
Fair
37
Bad
2
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
199
England❚DT5 2ER❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
226
White British
219
White Irish
3
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
226
England
204
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
3
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
226
Christian
130
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
77
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
125
Manufacturing
13
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
26
Education
8
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
177
England❚DT5 2ER❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
8
Unemployed
5
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
104
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
105
Occupied
104
Unoccupied
1
Detached
22
Semi detached
13
Terraced
68
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
104
One person
29
Two people
47
Three people
12
Four people
14
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2JW DT5 2DW DT5 2JJ DT5 2LU DT5 2EE DT5 2DL DT5 2DN DT5 2FD DT5 2FB

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