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Sherborne East

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

4,070

92,360

390,980

Males

1,849

44,075

188,780

Females

2,221

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

17.8

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

16.2

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

45.9

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

18.5

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

19.4

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

98.5

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

1.5

1.3

1.3


Households

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

1,935

40,510

167,998

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

0.9

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

25.8

16.9

17.0

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

7.7

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

41.3

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

25.0

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

19.0

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

10.2

9.0

7.7

% Other

4.4

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

42.7

34.4

33.4

% Married

25.3

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

7.5

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

6.5

6.2

6.8

% Other

18.0

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

1,595

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

20.9

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

57.2

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

15.5

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

3.9

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

2.5

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

39.6

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

38.1

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

22.3

18.8

18.7


Education

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

28.4

25.3

26.2

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

23.3

21.3

18.3


Health

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

23.7

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

9.2

10.9

10.8


General health

Sherborne East

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

65.2

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

24.6

23.5

23.5

% not good

10.2

8.3

8.4

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