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Chesil Bank

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

2,118

92,360

390,980

Males

1,004

44,075

188,780

Females

1,114

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

0.3

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

18.0

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

54.2

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

19.2

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

8.6

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

99.2

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

0.8

1.3

1.3


Households

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

915

40,510

167,998

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

7.4

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

7.5

16.9

17.0

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

12.8

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

38.5

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

24.0

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

9.0

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

17.9

9.0

7.7

% Other

10.6

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

30.0

34.4

33.4

% Married

42.9

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

8.1

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

3.9

6.2

6.8

% Other

15.0

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

964

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

17.7

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

47.9

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

29.3

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

2.9

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

2.2

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

48.1

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

37.3

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

14.5

18.8

18.7


Education

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

20.7

25.3

26.2

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

25.2

21.3

18.3


Health

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

17.1

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

11.9

10.9

10.8


General health

Chesil Bank

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

72.7

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

20.2

23.5

23.5

% not good

11.9

8.3

8.4

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