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Broadwindsor

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

1,650

92,360

390,980

Males

825

44,075

188,780

Females

825

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

0.4

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

15.6

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

50.6

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

21.4

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

12.4

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

99.8

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

0.2

1.3

1.3


Households

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

705

40,510

167,998

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

6.1

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

8.1

16.9

17.0

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

9.5

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

49.4

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

24.4

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

11.6

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

7.9

9.0

7.7

% Other

6.7

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

35.5

34.4

33.4

% Married

38.6

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

5.8

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

4.8

6.2

6.8

% Other

15.3

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

730

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

17.9

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

41.6

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

34.2

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

3.3

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

2.9

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

36.6

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

45.2

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

18.2

18.8

18.7


Education

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

25.1

25.3

26.2

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

23.0

21.3

18.3


Health

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

20.5

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

13.2

10.9

10.8


General health

Broadwindsor

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

67.4

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

23.6

23.5

23.5

% not good

9.0

8.3

8.4

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