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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
122
Population
278
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚DT5 2HA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
62
Married
118
Separated
7
Divorced
22
Widowed
24

Health

Population
278
Very good
111
Good
102
Fair
49
Bad
13
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚DT5 2HA❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
276
Mixed Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
265
Scotland
3
Wales
5
Germany
3
South Africa
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
180
Other
2
No religion
73
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
137
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
29
Education
6
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
199
England❚DT5 2HA❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
8
Unemployed
18
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
7
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
122
Detached
8
Semi detached
29
Terraced
84
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
28
Two people
59
Three people
18
Four people
9
Five people
7
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2HJ DT5 2HL DT5 2EZ DT5 2EY DT5 2AU 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