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Broadmayne

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

1,864

92,360

390,980

Males

894

44,075

188,780

Females

970

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

1.1

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

17.2

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

53.8

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

19.7

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

9.3

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

98.8

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

1.2

1.3

1.3


Households

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

791

40,510

167,998

% of 2nd homes/holiday homes (of all dwellings)

3.1

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

9.2

16.9

17.0

% of Households without either central heating, bath/shower & toilet or both

4.7

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

39.5

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

41.1

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

9.5

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

5.4

9.0

7.7

% Other

4.4

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

31.5

34.4

33.4

% Married

43.3

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

5.8

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

5.6

6.2

6.8

% Other

13.8

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

877

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

19.7

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

54.6

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

18.7

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

2.7

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

4.2

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

48.2

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

35.5

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

16.3

18.8

18.7


Education

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

22.2

25.3

26.2

% with higher qualifications (level 4/5, degree or equivalent)

27.2

21.3

18.3


Health

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

17.2

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

11.2

10.9

10.8


General health

Broadmayne

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

71.9

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

21.3

23.5

23.5

% not good

6.8

8.3

8.4

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