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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
127
Population
305
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚DT5 2XQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
57
Married
149
Separated
4
Divorced
38
Widowed
9

Health

Population
305
Very good
140
Good
113
Fair
42
Bad
6
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚DT5 2XQ❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
293
White Irish
3
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
277
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Spain
2
USA
4
South America
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
186
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
85
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
168
Mining
1
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
9
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
244
England❚DT5 2XQ❚
Full-Time employee
108
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
14
Unemployed
4
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
58
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
3
Detached
1
Semi detached
25
Terraced
103
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
27
Two people
56
Three people
21
Four people
16
Five people
4
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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