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Handley Vale
2001 census ward profile
Total Population
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| Persons | 2,440 | 83,786 | 390,980 |
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| Males | 1,158 | 39,974 | 188,780 |
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| Females | 1,282 | 43,812 | 202,200 |
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| Population density (persons per hectare) | 0.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
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Age Structure
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| % aged 0-15 years | 19.6 | 17.1 | 17.9 |
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| % aged 15-59 years | 55.0 | 51.3 | 52.8 |
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| % aged 60-74 years | 16.6 | 18.9 | 17.6 |
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| % aged 75+ years | 8.7 | 12.7 | 11.7 |
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Ethnicity
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| % White | 99.1 | 99.0 | 98.7 |
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| % Non-white | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
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Households
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| Number of Households | 1,031 | 35,668 | 167,998 |
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| % of 2nd homes/holiday homes (of all dwellings) | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
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| % of Households without a car/van | 10.4 | 11.6 | 17.0 |
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| % of Households without either central heating, bath/shower & toilet or both | 15.6 | 3.6 | 7.2 |
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Tenure
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| % Owned outright | 29.1 | 45.7 | 41.0 |
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| % Buying with a mortgage or loan | 29.0 | 38.3 | 34.8 |
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| % Rented - council/housing association | 13.3 | 8.1 | 12.1 |
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| % Rented - private | 19.2 | 4.9 | 7.7 |
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| % Other | 9.4 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
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Household composition
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| % Pensioner | 28.5 | 35.8 | 33.4 |
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| % Married | 46.0 | 41.0 | 37.7 |
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| % Co-habiting | 6.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 |
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| % Lone parent | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
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| % Other | 14.1 | 11.6 | 15.1 |
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Economic activity
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| Economically active population | 1,200 | 38,135 | 178,519 |
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| % employed part-time | 19.0 | 20.8 | 20.9 |
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| % employed full-time | 51.6 | 55.6 | 55.3 |
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| % self-employed | 23.8 | 17.5 | 17.6 |
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| % unemployed | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
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| % full-time students with jobs | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
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Occupations
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| % High skill | 39.4 | 43.4 | 39.7 |
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| % Intermediate skill | 42.6 | 41.4 | 41.6 |
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| % Low skill | 18.0 | 15.2 | 18.7 |
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Education
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| % with no qualifications | 23.7 | 25.4 | 26.2 |
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| % with higher qualifications (level 4/5, degree or equivalent) | 22.7 | 18.7 | 18.3 |
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Health
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| % with limiting long term illness/disability/health problem | 16.0 | 18.4 | 19.2 |
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| % providing unpaid care | 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
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General health
| Handley Vale | East Dorset | Dorset |
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| % good | 71.0 | 68.9 | 68.1 |
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| % fairly good | 22.4 | 23.2 | 23.5 |
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| % not good | 6.6 | 7.9 | 8.4 |
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