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Corfe Castle

2001 census parish profile

Population

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
All people
1,429
44,420
390,980
% aged 0-15 years
15.50
18.30
17.86
% aged 16-64 years
57.20
60.00
58.75
% aged 65+
27.30
21.80
23.39
% living in a communal establishment
0.20
2.00
2.78

Dwellings/Households

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
All dwellings
701
20,625
178,065
% second homes
6.0
5.40
2.77
Household spaces with residents
637
18,804
167,998

Tenure

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
% owner-occupied
56.50
73.40
76.28
% rented council / housing association
16.50
11.80
12.10
% other tenure
27.00
14.80
11.61

Car ownership

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
% of households with no car
14.40
15.60
16.96

Household composition

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
% pensioner households
36.30
31.40
33.41
% couple households
38.00
46.30
44.73
% lone parent household
2.40
7.10
6.76

Economic activity

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
All people aged 16-74
1,011
31,637
275,193
% of 16-74 years employed
60.30
62.40
60.82
% of 16-74 years unemployed
1.50
1.90
2.03
% of 16-74 years inactive
36.20
33.60
35.13

Qualifications

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
% of 16-74 years no qualifications/level 1 qualifications/qualifications unknown
49.20
54.08
52.26

Occupation

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
% of workforce: managerial and professional occupations
24.50
25.10
26.06
% of workforce: intermediate occupations
6.50
8.60
8.75
% of workforce: small employers and own-account workers 
13.40
9.90
10.03
% of workforce: lower supervisory and technical occupations
7.10
8.20
7.22
% of workforce: semi-routine and routine occupations
18.90
20.90
19.50

Health

Category
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
% of all people with a limiting long-term illness
20.10
18.60
19.20
% of all people whose health was good 
67.90
68.30
68.10
% of all people providing unpaid care
11.50
10.90
10.79
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