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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
131
Population
287
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚DT9 6DB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
287
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
85
Married
106
Separated
8
Divorced
24
Widowed
17

Health

Population
287
Very good
133
Good
104
Fair
41
Bad
7
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚DT9 6DB❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
31
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
287
White British
277
White Irish
3
Mixed Black African
2
Asian Pakistani
4
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
287
England
268
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
3
Germany
3
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
Pakistan
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
287
Christian
188
Muslim
4
No religion
75
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
161
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
26
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚DT9 6DB❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
21
Unemployed
7
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
36
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
38
Rented - private landlord
12

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
2
Detached
8
Semi detached
46
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
36
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
41
Two people
44
Three people
28
Four people
16
Five people
2

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