Comparators
Total Percentage Dorset North Dorset Council England and Wales
All Persons 4,917 - 88,756 379,791 59,719,724
All Males 2,332 47.4% 49.2% 48.9% 49.5%
All Females 2,585 52.6% 50.8% 51.1% 50.5%
0-15 yrs 664 13.5% 16.6% 15.7% 19.1%
16-64 yrs 2,394 48.7% 55.2% 54.9% 62.2%
65+ yrs 1,859 37.8% 28.2% 29.4% 18.6%
Male 0-15 yrs 330 6.7% 8.5% 8.0% 9.8%
Male 16-64 yrs 1,130 23.0% 27.7% 27.2% 31.1%
Male 65+ yrs 872 17.7% 12.9% 13.6% 8.5%
Female 0-15 yrs 334 6.8% 8.1% 7.7% 9.3%
Female 16-64 yrs 1,264 25.7% 27.4% 27.6% 31.1%
Female 65+ yrs 987 20.1% 15.3% 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 - 7
2012 2.9% 7.2
2013 4.2% 7.5
2014 0% 7.5
2015 -40% 4.5
2016 -20% 3.6
2017 130.6% 8.3
2018 -30.1% 5.8
2019 12.1% 6.5
2020 -9.2% 5.9
Change Death Rate per 1,000
2011 - 11.9
2012 -3.4% 11.5
2013 -2.6% 11.2
2014 3.6% 11.6
2015 13.8% 13.2
2016 13.6% 15
2017 -12% 13.2
2018 -0.8% 13.1
2019 -11.5% 11.6
2020 17.2% 13.6

Source: Office for National Statistics


96.6%

White British

3.4%

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 60.8%
% Non-Christian 1.5%
% No religion 32.8%
% Religion not stated 4.9%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Country of Birth

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


Health

79.4% of residents reported having very good or good health.

% Very Good Health 43.7%
% Good Health 35.7%
% Fair Health 15.3%
% Bad Health 4.2%
% Very Bad Health 1.1%

Source: 2021 Census.


Unpaid care

9.4% of residents aged 5 and over provide unpaid care.

6.2%

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

3.2%

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


1% of residents live in communal establishments.

Source: 2021 Census.


MOSAIC

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The highest proportion of residents are classified as
Rural Reality (47.9%)

Followed by
Country Living (46.2%)

And then
Aspriring Homemakers (2.3%)

Source : Mosaic 2021, EXPERIAN


Living Arrangements

All Households 2,364
% of households with one person 66+ or couple/family all aged 66+ 40.7%
% of households married or same sex civil partnership with/without dependents* 30.8%
% of households cohabiting with/without dependents* 8.3%
% of households lone parents* 5.9%
% all others** 14.3%

* 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 75.5%
% Public Rented 13.1%
% Private Rented 11.4%
% Other 0%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.


Dwelling type

Detached 47.1%
Semi-Detached 39.1%
Terraced 10.1%
Flats/Maisonettes 3.6%
Mobile Homes/Caravans 0.1%

Source: 2021 Census, Office for National Statistics.



% no cars or vans in household9.4%
% 2 or more cars or vans in a household51.2%

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 2,111 -
Manufacturing 300 14.21%
Wholesale, retail and repair 250 11.84%
Human heath and social work activites 125 5.92%
Accommodation and food services 100 4.74%
Construction 75 3.55%
Professional, scientific and technical activities 75 3.55%
Arts, entertainment and recreation 55 2.61%
Education 50 2.37%
Administrative and support service activities 40 1.89%
Real estate activities 35 1.66%
Water, sewerage and waste management 30 1.42%
Transportation and storage 25 1.18%
Information and communications 15 0.71%
Mining and quarrying 10 0.47%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 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

2,111

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

40.3%

High skill occupation

43.1%

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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