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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
130
Population
302
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚DT9 6RX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
302
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
31%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
258
Single
44
Married
166
Separated
1
Divorced
23
Widowed
24

Health

Population
302
Very good
141
Good
107
Fair
34
Bad
17
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
258
England❚DT9 6RX❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
302
White British
296
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
302
England
280
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
1
France
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
India
1
Sri Lanka
2
USA
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
302
Christian
214
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
48
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
128
Manufacturing
19
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
13
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
214
England❚DT9 6RX❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
31
Unemployed
5
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
77
Owned with mortgage
32
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
17
Detached
71
Semi detached
62
Terraced
14

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
33
Two people
60
Three people
9
Four people
18
Five people
10

Nearby postcodes

DT9 6RW DT9 6RN DT9 6RL DT9 6RU DT9 6RT DT9 6SY DT9 6RR DT9 6RG DT9 6RQ

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