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Buckhorn Weston

2001 Census Parish Profile

Population

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
All people
330
61,910
390,980
% aged 0-15 years
18.50
19.80
17.86
% aged 16-64 years
63.90
60.30
58.75
% aged 65+
17.60
19.90
23.39
% living in a communal establishment
0.00
6.10
2.78

Dwellings/Households

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
All dwellings
144
26,455
178,065
% second homes
4.20
1.40
2.77
Household spaces with residents
132
25,248
167,998

Tenure

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
% owner-occupied
77.30
73.30
76.28
% rented council / housing association
11.40
13.80
12.10
% other tenure
11.40
12.90
11.61

Car ownership

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
% of households with no car
2.30
14.10
16.96

Household composition

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
% pensioner households
23.50
30.70
33.41
% couple households
51.50
47.90
44.73
% lone parent household
2.30
6.40
6.76

Economic activity

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
All people aged 16-74
243
43,611
275,193
% of 16-74 years employed
66.30
64.40
60.82
% of 16-74 years unemployed
1.20
1.80
2.03
% of 16-74 years inactive
31.30
32.20
35.13

Qualifications

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
% of 16-74 years no qualifications/level 1 qualifications/qualifications unknown
44.00
50.49
52.26

Occupation

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
% of workforce: managerial and professional occupations
28.40
25.40
26.06
% of workforce: intermediate occupations
7.00
9.80
8.75
% of workforce: small employers and own-account workers 
17.30
11.00
10.03
% of workforce: lower supervisory and technical occupations
8.60
7.40
7.22
% of workforce: semi-routine and routine occupations
16.00
20.80
19.50

Health

Category
Buckhorn Weston
North Dorset
Dorset
% of all people with a limiting long-term illness
13.30
16.60
19.20
% of all people whose health was good 
74.50
71.10
68.10
% of all people providing unpaid care
13.00
9.60
10.79
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