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Cam Vale

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

2,047

92,360

390,980

Males

948

44,075

188,780

Females

1,099

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

0.4

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

18.2

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

50.2

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

19.3

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

12.3

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

98.1

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

1.9

1.3

1.3


Households

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

819

40,510

167,998

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

2.0

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

7.2

16.9

17.0

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

8.5

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

48.2

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

28.2

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

6.6

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

11.5

9.0

7.7

% Other

5.5

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

34.5

34.4

33.4

% Married

44.4

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

5.9

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

3.3

6.2

6.8

% Other

12.0

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

893

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

20.4

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

44.2

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

29.8

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

2.9

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

2.7

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

40.7

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

44.6

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

14.7

18.8

18.7


Education

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

22.0

25.3

26.2

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

23.2

21.3

18.3


Health

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

16.3

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

12.4

10.9

10.8


General health

Cam Vale

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

70.8

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

22.9

23.5

23.5

% not good

6.4

8.3

8.4

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