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Administrative Areas

Ward
Gillingham
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
124
Population
290
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚SP8 5BA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
290
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
55
Married
140
Separated
7
Divorced
18
Widowed
13

Health

Population
290
Very good
124
Good
117
Fair
36
Bad
12
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚SP8 5BA❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
69
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
290
White British
285
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
290
England
269
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
4
South Africa
1
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
290
Christian
194
Buddhist
1
Jewish
2
No religion
71
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
141
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
25
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
201
England❚SP8 5BA❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
30
Unemployed
7
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
44
Shared ownership
4
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
9
Detached
46
Semi detached
47
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
34
Two people
51
Three people
15
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

SP8 5DH SP8 5DA SP8 5DB SP8 5AX SP8 5AY SP8 5AU

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