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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
129
Population
313
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚DT5 2EZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
313
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
83
Married
93
Separated
4
Divorced
18
Widowed
29

Health

Population
313
Very good
132
Good
113
Fair
43
Bad
20
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚DT5 2EZ❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
19
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
90

Ethnicity

Population
313
White British
309
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
313
England
306
Wales
4
Poland
2

Religion

Population
313
Christian
169
No religion
122
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
106
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
8
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
191
England❚DT5 2EZ❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
14
Unemployed
7
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
23
Rented - other social
42
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
6
Detached
4
Semi detached
32
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
59

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
44
Two people
36
Three people
18
Four people
18
Five people
8
Six people
4
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2HJ DT5 2HL DT5 2LD DT5 2HA DT5 2EX DT5 2AU DT5 2BL DT5 2BB DT5 2LL DT5 2AX DT5 2BN DT5 2AZ DT5 2BA DT5 2BG DT5 2AT DT5 2BH DT5 2AP DT5 2BQ DT5 2AY DT5 2AW DT5 2AN DT5 2AR

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