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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
165
Population
362
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚DT5 2YA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
37
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
362
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
298
Single
70
Married
156
Civil partnership
1
Separated
10
Divorced
37
Widowed
24

Health

Population
362
Very good
165
Good
123
Fair
52
Bad
19
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
298
England❚DT5 2YA❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
63
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
72

Ethnicity

Population
362
White British
349
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Asian Chinese
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
362
England
339
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
6
Germany
3
Poland
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
362
Christian
215
Other
3
No religion
119
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
185
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
31
Education
12
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
277
England❚DT5 2YA❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
61
Self employed
15
Unemployed
10
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
165
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
66
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
25
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
165
Unoccupied
2
Detached
17
Semi detached
26
Terraced
121
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
165
One person
47
Two people
71
Three people
23
Four people
18
Five people
5
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DT5 2EU DT5 2JL DT5 2ER DT5 2EW DT5 2ED DT5 2ES DT5 2ET DT5 2DL DT5 2DN DT5 2FD DT5 2FB

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