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Chideock and Symondsbury

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

1,706

92,360

390,980

Males

821

44,075

188,780

Females

885

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

0.6

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

13.1

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

48.7

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

22.6

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

15.7

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

99.2

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

0.8

1.3

1.3


Households

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

792

40,510

167,998

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

14.5

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

12.4

16.9

17.0

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

11.2

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

60.7

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

22.1

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

2.8

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

10.3

9.0

7.7

% Other

4.2

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

41.6

34.4

33.4

% Married

32.7

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

7.1

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

5.0

6.2

6.8

% Other

13.6

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

730

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

20.3

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

42.9

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

30.5

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

3.4

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

2.9

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

41.7

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

40.3

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

18.0

18.8

18.7


Education

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

26.2

25.3

26.2

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

20.3

21.3

18.3


Health

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

21.2

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

13.7

10.9

10.8


General health

Chideock & Symondsbury

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

67.2

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

24.4

23.5

23.5

% not good

8.4

8.3

8.4

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