Comparators
Total Percentage Dorset South Dorset Council England and Wales
All Persons 14,199 - 72,652 379,791 59,719,724
All Males 6,978 49.1% 49.9% 48.9% 49.5%
All Females 7,221 50.9% 50.1% 51.1% 50.5%
0-15 yrs 2,203 15.5% 15.9% 15.7% 19.1%
16-64 yrs 8,239 58.0% 57.6% 54.9% 62.2%
65+ yrs 3,757 26.5% 26.5% 29.4% 18.6%
Male 0-15 yrs 1,117 7.9% 8.1% 8.0% 9.8%
Male 16-64 yrs 4,140 29.2% 29.2% 27.2% 31.1%
Male 65+ yrs 1,721 12.1% 12.6% 13.6% 8.5%
Female 0-15 yrs 1,086 7.6% 7.8% 7.7% 9.3%
Female 16-64 yrs 4,099 28.9% 28.4% 27.6% 31.1%
Female 65+ yrs 2,036 14.3% 13.9% 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 - 10
2012 -16% 8.4
2013 9.5% 9.2
2014 1.1% 9.3
2015 -8.6% 8.5
2016 -3.5% 8.2
2017 2.4% 8.4
2018 -10.7% 7.5
2019 -12% 6.6
2020 -16.7% 5.5
Change Death Rate per 1,000
2011 - 10.8
2012 -21.3% 8.5
2013 4.7% 8.9
2014 -5.6% 8.4
2015 36.9% 11.5
2016 -7.8% 10.6
2017 3.8% 11
2018 23.6% 13.6
2019 -22.1% 10.6
2020 14.2% 12.1

Source: Office for National Statistics


94.9%

White British

5.1%

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 49%
% Non-Christian 1.4%
% No religion 43.9%
% Religion not stated 5.7%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Country of Birth

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


Health

78.2% of residents reported having very good or good health.

% Very Good Health 42.7%
% Good Health 35.5%
% Fair Health 15.9%
% Bad Health 4.7%
% Very Bad Health 1.2%

Source: 2021 Census.


Unpaid care

9.8% of residents aged 5 and over provide unpaid care.

6.9%

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


0.6% of residents live in communal establishments.

Source: 2021 Census.


MOSAIC

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The highest proportion of residents are classified as
Senior Security (20.1%)

Followed by
Suburban Stability (15.3%)

And then
Aspriring Homemakers (12.7%)

Source : Mosaic 2021, EXPERIAN


Living Arrangements

All Households 6,319
% of households with one person 66+ or couple/family all aged 66+ 30.7%
% of households married or same sex civil partnership with/without dependents* 27.2%
% of households cohabiting with/without dependents* 11.6%
% of households lone parents* 9.7%
% all others** 20.8%

* 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 67.5%
% Public Rented 13.6%
% Private Rented 18.9%
% Other 0%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Dwelling type

Detached 22.9%
Semi-Detached 26%
Terraced 31.1%
Flats/Maisonettes 19.9%
Mobile Homes/Caravans 0.1%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.



% no cars or vans in household20.7%
% 2 or more cars or vans in a household35.9%

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 6,100 -
Accommodation and food services 500 8.20%
Education 350 5.74%
Human heath and social work activites 250 4.10%
Professional, scientific and technical activities 200 3.28%
Construction 125 2.05%
Wholesale, retail and repair 100 1.64%
Administrative and support service activities 75 1.23%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 60 0.98%
Information and communications 25 0.41%
Manufacturing 20 0.33%
Transportation and storage 15 0.25%
Real estate activities 15 0.25%
Water, sewerage and waste management 10 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 0.08%
Mining and quarrying 0 0.00%
Electricity, gas, steam and air 0 0.00%
Financial and insurance activities 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

6,100

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

40.6%

High skill occupation

42.8%

Intermediate skill occupation

16.6%

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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