Comparators
Total Percentage Dorset West Dorset Council England and Wales
All Persons 3,964 - 36,794 379,791 59,719,724
All Males 1,927 48.6% 48.0% 48.9% 49.5%
All Females 2,037 51.4% 52.0% 51.1% 50.5%
0-15 yrs 458 11.6% 13.2% 15.7% 19.1%
16-64 yrs 1,982 50.0% 51.3% 54.9% 62.2%
65+ yrs 1,524 38.4% 35.4% 29.4% 18.6%
Male 0-15 yrs 244 6.2% 6.8% 8.0% 9.8%
Male 16-64 yrs 932 23.5% 24.5% 27.2% 31.1%
Male 65+ yrs 751 18.9% 16.7% 13.6% 8.5%
Female 0-15 yrs 214 5.4% 6.4% 7.7% 9.3%
Female 16-64 yrs 1,050 26.5% 26.8% 27.6% 31.1%
Female 65+ yrs 773 19.5% 18.8% 15.8% 10.1%

Show Male/Female individual age breakdown

Source: Mid Year Estimates, Office for National Statistics

Change Birth Rate per 1,000
2011 - 4
2012 25% 5
2013 6% 5.3
2014 -7.5% 4.9
2015 46.9% 7.2
2016 -48.6% 3.7
2017 35.1% 5
2018 -4% 4.8
2019 -20.8% 3.8
2020 5.3% 4
Change Death Rate per 1,000
2011 - 9.7
2012 11.3% 10.8
2013 -9.3% 9.8
2014 6.1% 10.4
2015 26.9% 13.2
2016 -30.3% 9.2
2017 16.3% 10.7
2018 11.2% 11.9
2019 -13.4% 10.3
2020 17.5% 12.1

Source: Office for National Statistics


95.1%

White British

4.9%

BME (black and minority ethnic population)

Source : 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


NINO Registrations

National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK

NINO Data only available at National and Unitary level. View NINO Data for Dorset Council


Religion

% Christian 55.9%
% Non-Christian 1.4%
% No religion 36%
% Religion not stated 6.7%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Country of Birth

Country of Birth data is only available at National and Unitary level.


Health

81.7% of residents reported having very good or good health.

% Very Good Health 43.6%
% Good Health 38.1%
% Fair Health 14.0%
% Bad Health 3.4%
% Very Bad Health 0.9%

Source: 2021 Census.


Unpaid care

10.9% of residents aged 5 and over provide unpaid care.

8%

Residents aged 5 and over providing up to 50 hours of unpaid care per week

2.9%

Residents aged 5 and over providing more than 50 hours of unpaid care per week


0.4% of residents live in communal establishments.

Source: 2021 Census.


MOSAIC

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The highest proportion of residents are classified as
Country Living (72.2%)

Followed by
Rural Reality (26%)

And then
Vintage Value (0.6%)

Source : Mosaic 2021, EXPERIAN


Living Arrangements

All Households 1,847
% of households with one person 66+ or couple/family all aged 66+ 40.8%
% of households married or same sex civil partnership with/without dependents* 31.3%
% of households cohabiting with/without dependents* 8.5%
% of households lone parents* 5.7%
% all others** 13.8%

* may include members aged 66+, but not all

** may include households all aged 66+ but not a family

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Tenure

% Owner Occupied 73%
% Public Rented 9.4%
% Private Rented 17.5%
% Other 0%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Dwelling type

Detached 50.1%
Semi-Detached 23.7%
Terraced 20.8%
Flats/Maisonettes 5%
Mobile Homes/Caravans 0.3%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.



% no cars or vans in household8.3%
% 2 or more cars or vans in a household51.9%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Local business units

Business type and size breakdowns only available at National, Unitary and Sub Unitary Geography level. View breakdowns for the Sub Unitary Geography area


Employment of workers by sector

These figures exclude farm agriculture.

Total Percentage
Total employment 1,672 -
Accommodation and food services 600 35.89%
Manufacturing 200 11.96%
Construction 175 10.47%
Wholesale, retail and repair 100 5.98%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 60 3.59%
Education 50 2.99%
Professional, scientific and technical activities 30 1.79%
Administrative and support service activities 30 1.79%
Information and communications 15 0.90%
Financial and insurance activities 10 0.60%
Real estate activities 10 0.60%
Human heath and social work activites 10 0.60%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 0.30%
Mining and quarrying 0 0.00%
Electricity, gas, steam and air 0 0.00%
Water, sewerage and waste management 0 0.00%
Transportation and storage 0 0.00%
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 0 0.00%

Source: BRES 2021, ONS


Claimant unemployment

Claimant unemployment data is only available at National, Unitary Authority and Sub Unitary Geography level. View breakdowns for Sub Unitary Geography area


Skills

1,672

All usual residents aged 16 and over in Employment (includes students in employment)

49%

High skill occupation

37.9%

Intermediate skill occupation

13%

Low skill occupation

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Gross weekly full time earnings

Earnings data is only available at National and Unitary level.


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