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Administrative Areas

Ward
Sherborne Rural
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
173
Population
398
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
113
England❚DT9 5LZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
37
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
398
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
326
Single
69
Married
193
Separated
7
Divorced
30
Widowed
27

Health

Population
398
Very good
171
Good
142
Fair
60
Bad
16
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
326
England❚DT9 5LZ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
98

Ethnicity

Population
398
White British
391
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
2
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
398
England
370
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
8
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
2
Hong Kong
1
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
398
Christian
277
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
Other
4
No religion
87
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
195
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
10
Manufacturing
19
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
15
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
286
England❚DT9 5LZ❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
51
Unemployed
4
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
173
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
35
Shared ownership
5
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
38
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
182
Occupied
173
Unoccupied
9
Detached
77
Semi detached
71
Terraced
27
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
173
One person
51
Two people
66
Three people
27
Four people
16
Five people
8
Six people
5

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