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Bloxworth

2001 census parish profile

Population

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
All people
187
44,420
390,980
% aged 0-15 years
17.60
18.30
17.86
% aged 16-64 years
64.70
60.00
58.75
% aged 65+
17.60
21.80
23.39
% living in a communal establishment
0.00
2.00
2.78

Dwellings/Households

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
All dwellings
80
20,625
178,065
% second homes
3.80
5.40
2.77
Household spaces with residents
77
18,804
167,998

Tenure

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
% owner-occupied
71.40
73.40
76.28
% rented council / housing association
11.70
11.80
12.10
% other tenure
16.90
14.80
11.61

Car ownership

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
% of households with no car
3.90
15.60
16.96

Household composition

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
% pensioner households
26.00
31.40
33.41
% couple households
50.60
46.30
44.73
% lone parent household
0.00
7.10
6.76

Economic activity

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
All people aged 16-74
143
31,637
275,193
% of 16-74 years employed
62.20
62.40
60.82
% of 16-74 years unemployed
2.10
1.90
2.03
% of 16-74 years inactive
32.90
33.60
35.13

Qualifications

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
% of 16-74 years no qualifications/level 1 qualifications/qualifications unknown
46.20
54.08
52.26

Occupation

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
% of workforce: managerial and professional occupations
32.90
25.10
26.06
% of workforce: intermediate occupations
8.40
8.60
8.75
% of workforce: small employers and own-account workers 
14.00
9.90
10.03
% of workforce: lower supervisory and technical occupations
2.80
8.20
7.22
% of workforce: semi-routine and routine occupations
14.00
20.90
19.50

Health

Category
Bloxworth
Purbeck
Dorset
% of all people with a limiting long-term illness
16.60
18.60
19.20
% of all people whose health was good 
69.50
68.30
68.10
% of all people providing unpaid care
10.70
10.90
10.79
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