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Queen Thorne

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

1,950

92,360

390,980

Males

970

44,075

188,780

Females

980

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

0.3

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

17.9

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

50.3

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

22.9

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

8.9

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

99.5

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

0.5

1.3

1.3


Households

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

856

40,510

167,998

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

2.6

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

6.7

16.9

17.0

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

9.5

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

41.6

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

21.4

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

11.7

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

16.4

9.0

7.7

% Other

9.0

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

32.9

34.4

33.4

% Married

44.1

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

6.8

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

4.6

6.2

6.8

% Other

11.7

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

898

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

17.5

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

49.7

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

29.4

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

1.9

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

1.6

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

40.5

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

40.4

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

19.1

18.8

18.7


Education

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

21.6

25.3

26.2

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

25.1

21.3

18.3


Health

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

16.9

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

11.9

10.9

10.8


General health

Queen Thorne

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

71.5

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

21.9

23.5

23.5

% not good

6.5

8.3

8.4

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