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Colehill

2001 Census Parish Profile

Population

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
All people
7,000
83,790
390,980
% aged 0-15 years
18.00
17.10
17.86
% aged 16-64 years
62.20
57.60
58.75
% aged 65+
20.00
25.40
23.39
% living in a communal establishment
0.20
1.0
2.78

Dwellings/Households

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
All dwellings
2,870
36,616
178,065
% second homes
0.10
0.60
2.77
Household spaces with residents
2,840
35,668
167,998

Tenure

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
% owner-occupied
88.90
84.30
76.28
% rented council / housing association
6.60
8.10
12.10
% other tenure
4.50
7.70
11.61

Car ownership

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
% of households with no car
9.10
11.60
16.96

Household composition

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
% pensioner households
30.10
35.80
33.41
% couple households
44.90
46.90
44.73
% lone parent household
2.90
5.70
6.76

Economic activity

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
All people aged 16-74
5,108
58,870
275,193
% of 16-74 years employed
64.30
60.80
60.82
% of 16-74 years unemployed
2.00
1.70
2.03
% of 16-74 years inactive
30.90
35.20
35.13

Qualifications

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
% of 16-74 years no qualifications/level 1 qualifications/qualifications unknown
44.30
51.32
52.26

Occupation

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
% of workforce: managerial and professional occupations
34.50
29.60
26.06
% of workforce: intermediate occupations
9.30
9.30
8.75
% of workforce: small employers and own-account workers 
9.70
9.60
10.03
% of workforce: lower supervisory and technical occupations
6.00
6.10
7.22
% of workforce: semi-routine and routine occupations
14.60
16.10
19.50

Health

Category
Colehill
East Dorset
Dorset
% of all people with a limiting long-term illness
14.60
18.40
19.20
% of all people whose health was good
73.70
68.90
68.10
% of all people providing unpaid care
10.60
11.10
10.79
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