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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
134
Population
326
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚DT5 2LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
43
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
326
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
75
Married
118
Separated
9
Divorced
35
Widowed
12

Health

Population
326
Very good
162
Good
123
Fair
32
Bad
8
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚DT5 2LJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
326
White British
319
White Irish
4
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
2

Country of Birth

Population
326
England
299
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
9
Wales
6
Ireland
4
Germany
2
Italy
1
Hong Kong
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
326
Christian
174
Jewish
1
No religion
128
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
164
Mining
4
Manufacturing
19
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
26
Education
11
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚DT5 2LJ❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
17
Unemployed
13
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
29
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
1
Detached
4
Semi detached
11
Terraced
118
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
26
Two people
59
Three people
21
Four people
22
Five people
5
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 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 2LE

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