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Burton Bradstock

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

1,850

92,360

390,980

Males

865

44,075

188,780

Females

985

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

0.6

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

13.8

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

46.3

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

25.6

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

14.4

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

99.7

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

0.3

1.3

1.3


Households

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

886

40,510

167,998

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

14.9

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

11.3

16.9

17.0

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

7.8

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

58.1

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

22.2

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

9.1

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

5.7

9.0

7.7

% Other

4.8

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

42.0

34.4

33.4

% Married

35.9

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

5.6

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

4.1

6.2

6.8

% Other

12.4

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

721

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

22.3

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

41.9

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

29.7

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

3.6

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

2.5

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

42.1

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

39.4

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

18.5

18.8

18.7


Education

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

23.0

25.3

26.2

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

22.0

21.3

18.3


Health

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

19.8

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

13.1

10.9

10.8


General health

Burton Bradstock

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

67.1

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

24.8

23.5

23.5

% not good

8.1

8.3

8.4

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