Comparators
Total Percentage Dorset North Dorset Council England and Wales
All Persons 5,221 - 92,272 389,947 61,806,682
All Males 2,793 53.5% 48.6% 48.5% 49.0%
All Females 2,428 46.5% 51.4% 51.5% 51.0%
0-15 yrs 960 18.4% 15.7% 14.9% 18.3%
16-64 yrs 3,162 60.6% 54.9% 54.6% 62.8%
65+ yrs 1,099 21.0% 29.4% 30.5% 18.9%
Male 0-15 yrs 445 8.5% 7.9% 7.6% 9.4%
Male 16-64 yrs 1,800 34.5% 27.2% 26.8% 31.0%
Male 65+ yrs 548 10.5% 13.5% 14.1% 8.7%
Female 0-15 yrs 515 9.9% 7.9% 7.3% 8.9%
Female 16-64 yrs 1,362 26.1% 27.7% 27.8% 31.9%
Female 65+ yrs 551 10.6% 15.9% 16.4% 10.2%

Show Male/Female individual age breakdown

Source: Mid Year Estimates (2024), Office for National Statistics


87%

White British

13%

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 46.9%
% Non-Christian 7.7%
% No religion 39.2%
% Religion not stated 6.3%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Country of Birth

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


Health

87.8% of residents reported having very good or good health.

% Very Good Health 55.7%
% Good Health 32.1%
% Fair Health 9.6%
% Bad Health 2%
% Very Bad Health 0.6%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Unpaid care

7.3% of residents aged 5 and over provide unpaid care.

5.3%

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

2%

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


Communal establishments

11.6% of residents live in communal establishments.

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


MOSAIC

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The highest proportion of residents are classified as
Country Living (59.4%)

Followed by
Aspriring Homemakers (25.7%)

And then
Rural Reality (14.6%)

Source: Mosaic 2021, EXPERIAN


Living Arrangements

All Households 1,878
% of households with one person 66+ or couple/family all aged 66+ 26.3%
% of households married or same sex civil partnership with/without dependents* 42.6%
% of households cohabiting with/without dependents* 9.9%
% of households lone parents* 6.8%
% all others** 14.4%

* 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 55.6%
% Public Rented 10.2%
% Private Rented 34.2%
% Other 0%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Dwelling type

Detached 40.9%
Semi-Detached 38.5%
Terraced 12.3%
Flats/Maisonettes 5.5%
Mobile Homes/Caravans 2.9%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


% no cars or vans in household6.1%
% 2 or more cars or vans in a household57.3%

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.


Employment of workers by sector

These figures exclude farm agriculture.

Total Percentage
All industries 1,500 -
Accommodation and food services 300 20.00%
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 300 20.00%
Administrative and support service activities 175 11.67%
Wholesale, retail and repair 125 8.33%
Education 100 6.67%
Professional, scientific and technical activities 75 5.00%
Human heath and social work activites 45 3.00%
Water, sewerage and waste management 40 2.67%
Construction 40 2.67%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 30 2.00%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 25 1.67%
Information and communications 25 1.67%
Real estate activities 25 1.67%
Manufacturing 20 1.33%
Transportation and storage 5 0.33%
Financial and insurance activities 5 0.33%
Mining and quarrying 0 0.00%
Electricity, gas, steam and air 0 0.00%

Source: BRES (2024), 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

2,623

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

54.1%

High skill occupation

30.9%

Intermediate skill occupation

15.1%

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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