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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
126
Population
247
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
69
England❚DT5 2LB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
247
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
224
Single
44
Married
117
Separated
4
Divorced
34
Widowed
25

Health

Population
247
Very good
87
Good
87
Fair
53
Bad
16
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
224
England❚DT5 2LB❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
84

Ethnicity

Population
247
White British
245
White Other
1
Mixed Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
247
England
224
Scotland
14
Wales
2
Germany
1
South Africa
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
247
Christian
164
Buddhist
1
Jewish
1
Other
3
No religion
48
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
115
Mining
2
Manufacturing
9
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
8
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
185
England❚DT5 2LB❚
Full-Time employee
65
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
10
Unemployed
10
Retired
47
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
5
Detached
16
Semi detached
24
Terraced
89
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
47
Two people
49
Three people
23
Four people
3
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2HT DT5 2JQ DT5 2BZ DT5 2JF DT5 2HR DT5 2JG DT5 2HP DT5 2HW DT5 2HB DT5 2HY DT5 2HQ DT5 2HG DT5 2HE DT5 2DE DT5 2HF DT5 2HD DT5 2DQ DT5 2DF DT5 2DA DT5 2BY DT5 2LA 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