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West Orchard

2001 Census Parish Profile

Population

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
All people
77
61,910
390,980
% aged 0-15 years
26.00
19.80
17.86
% aged 16-64 years
64.90
60.30
58.75
% aged 65+
9.10
19.90
23.39
% living in a communal establishment
0.00
6.10
2.78

Dwellings/Households

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
All dwellings
28
26,455
178,065
% second homes
0.00
1.40
2.77
Household spaces with residents
28
25,248
167,998

Tenure

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
% owner-occupied
78.60
73.30
76.28
% rented council / housing association
0.00
13.80
12.10
% other tenure
21.40
12.90
11.61

Car ownership

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
% of households with no car
0.00
14.10
16.96

Household composition

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
% pensioner households
0.00
30.70
33.41
% couple households
64.30
47.90
44.73
% lone parent household
0.00
6.40
6.76

Economic activity

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
All people aged 16-74
54
43,611
275,193
% of 16-74 years employed
68.50
64.40
60.82
% of 16-74 years unemployed
0.00
1.80
2.03
% of 16-74 years inactive
27.80
32.20
35.13

Qualifications

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
% of 16-74 years no qualifications/level 1 qualifications/qualifications unknown
48.10
50.49
52.26

Occupation

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
% of workforce: managerial and professional occupations
31.50
25.40
26.06
% of workforce: intermediate occupations
9.30
9.80
8.75
% of workforce: small employers and own-account workers 
25.90
11.00
10.03
% of workforce: lower supervisory and technical occupations
5.60
7.40
7.22
% of workforce: semi-routine and routine occupations
14.80
20.80
19.50

Health

Category
West Orchard
North Dorset
Dorset
% of all people with a limiting long-term illness
6.50
16.60
19.20
% of all people whose health was good 
72.70
71.10
68.10
% of all people providing unpaid care
13.00
9.60
10.79
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