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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
117
Population
280
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
74
England❚SP8 5SW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
280
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
45
Married
143
Separated
6
Divorced
21
Widowed
12

Health

Population
280
Very good
154
Good
102
Fair
20
Bad
2
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚SP8 5SW❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
280
White British
265
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
280
England
251
Scotland
5
Ireland
1
Italy
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
4
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
USA
5
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
280
Christian
191
Hindu
1
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
61
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
136
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
17
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
13
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
210
England❚SP8 5SW❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
56
Unemployed
7
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
9
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
117
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
117
Unoccupied
14
Detached
87
Semi detached
31
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
117
One person
31
Two people
48
Three people
13
Four people
16
Five people
4
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