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Yetminster

2001 census ward profile

Total Population

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

Persons

1,593

92,360

390,980

Males

775

44,075

188,780

Females

818

48,285

202,200

Population density (persons per hectare)

1.0

0.9

1.5


Age Structure

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

% aged 0-15 years

17.2

17.7

17.9

% aged 15-59 years

49.8

51.7

52.8

% aged 60-74 years

19.9

18.3

17.6

% aged 75+ years

13.1

12.3

11.7


Ethnicity

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

% White

99.4

98.7

98.7

% Non-white

0.6

1.3

1.3


Households

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

Number of Households

702

40,510

167,998

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

1.1

4.6

2.8

% of Households without a car/van

10.7

16.9

17.0

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

8.7

9.0

7.2


Tenure

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

% Owned outright

44.3

41.4

41.0

% Buying with a mortgage or loan

35.0

30.6

34.8

% Rented - council/housing association

10.1

14.0

12.1

% Rented - private

6.3

9.0

7.7

% Other

4.3

5.1

4.4


Household composition

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

% Pensioner

37.0

34.4

33.4

% Married

41.6

36.8

37.7

% Co-habiting

4.1

7.2

7.0

% Lone parent

6.0

6.2

6.8

% Other

11.3

15.4

15.1


Economic activity

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

Economically active population

699

41,228

178,519

% employed part-time

21.9

21.2

20.9

% employed full-time

49.6

51.6

55.3

% self-employed

24.5

21.5

17.6

% unemployed

2.1

3.0

3.1

% full-time students with jobs

1.9

2.7

3.1


Occupations

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

% High skill

44.3

39.3

39.7

% Intermediate skill

41.4

41.8

41.6

% Low skill

14.3

18.8

18.7


Education

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

% with no qualifications

21.5

25.3

26.2

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

24.8

21.3

18.3


Health

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

% with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem

19.8

19.3

19.2

% providing unpaid care

10.7

10.9

10.8


General health

Yetminster

West Dorset

Dorset

% good

68.2

68.2

68.1

% fairly good

23.9

23.5

23.5

% not good

7.9

8.3

8.4

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