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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
118
Population
321
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚DT5 2HY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
39

Age Groups

Population
321
Under 16
31%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
93
Married
89
Separated
4
Divorced
33
Widowed
4

Health

Population
321
Very good
141
Good
125
Fair
45
Bad
8
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚DT5 2HY❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
321
White British
309
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
3
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
321
England
303
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
5
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
321
Christian
163
No religion
135
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
150
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
4
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚DT5 2HY❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
11
Unemployed
15
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
22
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
39
Shared ownership
9
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
35
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
118
Unoccupied
4
Detached
1
Semi detached
6
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
64
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
22
Two people
34
Three people
30
Four people
23
Five people
6
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2JQ DT5 2BZ DT5 2JF DT5 2JG DT5 2HP DT5 2HW DT5 2HB DT5 2HQ DT5 2HG DT5 2HE DT5 2DE DT5 2BX DT5 2DD DT5 2HN DT5 2HF DT5 2HD DT5 2DB DT5 2DQ DT5 2DF DT5 2DA DT5 2BY DT5 2LA DT5 2LB DT5 2JZ DT5 2BT DT5 2LH DT5 2LQ DT5 2LE DT5 2LJ DT5 2LF

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