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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
130
Population
318
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
England❚DT5 2FB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
318
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
76
Married
135
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
25
Widowed
14

Health

Population
318
Very good
138
Good
116
Fair
44
Bad
13
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚DT5 2FB❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
318
White British
303
White Irish
3
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Asian Chinese
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
318
England
298
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
5
China
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
318
Christian
185
Buddhist
3
No religion
91
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
162
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
3
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
14
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
242
England❚DT5 2FB❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
26
Unemployed
7
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
8
Detached
26
Semi detached
33
Terraced
72
Flat - purpose built
7

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
25
Two people
60
Three people
23
Four people
10
Five people
9
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2JW DT5 2EU DT5 2JL DT5 2DW DT5 2ER DT5 2EW DT5 2JJ DT5 2ED DT5 2ES DT5 2LU DT5 2ET DT5 2EE

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