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Owermoigne

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

3,431

92,360

390,980

Males

1,669

44,075

188,780

Females

1,762

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

0.7

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

16.9

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

55.6

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

17.7

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

9.7

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

98.8

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

1.2

1.3

1.3


Households

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

924

40,510

167,998

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

3.5

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

8.8

16.9

17.0

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

10.4

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

34.6

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

33.1

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

11.0

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

13.0

9.0

7.7

% Other

8.2

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

29.7

34.4

33.4

% Married

42.1

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

8.5

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

4.8

6.2

6.8

% Other

15.0

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

1,052

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

18.3

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

52.8

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

24.0

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

2.8

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

2.1

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

39.2

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

41.6

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

19.2

18.8

18.7


Education

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

24.9

25.3

26.2

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

22.3

21.3

18.3


Health

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

16.3

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

10.2

10.9

10.8


General health

Owermoigne

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

71.5

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

22.1

23.5

23.5

% not good

6.4

8.3

8.4

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