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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
121
Population
322
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚DT5 2NT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
56
Married
154
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
7

Health

Population
322
Very good
147
Good
135
Fair
30
Bad
8
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚DT5 2NT❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
312
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Black African
1
Black Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
310
Scotland
6
Ireland
1
Kenya
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
322
Christian
195
Buddhist
2
Other
2
No religion
107
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
173
Mining
2
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
30
Education
14
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
236
England❚DT5 2NT❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
37
Unemployed
1
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
49
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
23
Detached
34
Semi detached
39
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - in commerical building
15

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
25
Two people
47
Three people
11
Four people
23
Five people
12
Six people
3

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