Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is the most westerly town in Dorset and is a small coastal resort set in a coombe beside a wide bay. Its central streets are full of charming buildings including several from the late eighteenth century. The modest esplanade and the Cobb are at the heart of the town's holiday attractions - bathing, sailing and sea-fishing are all enjoyed here.

Communications

Lyme Regis is well positioned two miles south of the A35 Trunk Road at the junction of the A3070 and the A3052. There are no direct rail links.

Education

Lyme Regis pyramid area:
Four primary schools, one secondary school
The secondary school for the area
The Woodroffe School (1,059 pupils- 2011)

For further details on The Woodroffe School (opens in a new window)

Commercial land

Between 1994-10, 0.46 hectares of industrial land has been developed in Lyme Regis. The total area of land with permission or allocated in local plans is 1.1 hectares.

Crime

Domestic burglaries

Rate per 1,000 households

Area	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/2009	2009/10
Lyme Regis	3.8	4.3	2.4	7.2	6.7	n/a	9.6	2.4
DCC Dorset	6.6	6.6	6.5	5.7	4.4	n/a	4.1	3.8
South West	14.8	12.3	10.7	8.9	8.4	n/a	8.2	7.6
England and Wales	20.0	18.6 (GB)	14.4	13.5	13.1	n/a	12.2	11.6

Note: Due to small numbers of burglary rates for small geographical areas, for example towns, it can vary significantly from year to year.
Source: Dorset County Council

Other sources of crime data

Access the Police crime mapping - Lyme Regis (opens in a new window) where you can find crime data on a month by month basis (starting December 2010) mapped to neighbourhood and street level. This looks at the crime types of burglary, anti-social behaviour, robbery, vehicle crime, violent crime and other crime. Note this comprehensive and up-to-date database only looks at numbers of crimes and not crime rates for individual crimes. It does give an overall crime rate (per 1,000 people) for the neighbourhood.

Population

Latest population figure (2010 mid year estimate) for the town (Lyme Regis Parish) is 3,570

Year	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
Census population (enumerated)	2,880	2,620	3,200	3,530	3,400	3,450	3,760	3,500

Housing growth

Year	98	99	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Housing development	4	19	14	26	2	20	15	38	23	57	17	14	2

Note: Table allows for losses from demolitions etc. Method revised 2009.

The 2001 Census records 2,080 dwellings in Lyme Regis
Since 2001, a further 188 units have been built giving a total of 2,268. At March 2010, a further 115 units have permission and 30 have been allocated in local plans.

Index of deprivation, 2007

(Figures show SOA ranking out of 247 SOAs in Dorset with 1 being the most deprived)

SOA	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education and skills	Housing & Services	Crime	Living
Lyme Regis East	58	34	38	65	66	199	160	60
Lyme Regis West	137	105	139	95	170	176	43	35

SOA = Super Output Area (minimum 400 households or 1,000 population).

Index of deprivation, 2010

	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education & Skills	Housing & services	crime	Living
Lyme Regis East	71	48	58	99	85	213	42	59
Lyme Regis West	146	134	178	101	198	196	29	32

Please see The Index of Deprivation, 2010 for detailed information and mapping.

Source: DCLG

Average House prices

Dwelling type	Average Price July - Sept 2009	Average Price July - Sept 2010	July - Sept 2010 (sales)
Detached	£393,420	£419,218	16
Semi-detached	n/a	£324,875	4
Terraced	£319,916	£390,000	3
Flats/maisonettes	£193,866	£180,500	6

Land Registry average prices (Prices may be affected by low number of sales). Data relates to postcode sector DT7 3.

Area:

Approx. 'built-up' area = 230 hectares (570 acres)

Local authority revenue

Council tax band D for Year	Council Tax payable
11/12	£1,597.50
10/11	£1,596.94
09/10	£1,552.48
08/09	£1,499.25
07/08	£1,435.10
06/07	£1,372.36
05/06	£1,314.90
04/05	£1,262.77
03/04	£1,197.84
02/03	£1,038.40
01/02	£951.18
00/01	£899.43
99/00	£851.54

Second/Holiday and Second Homes, 2011

Total dwellings on Council Tax Register	2,384
Total number of second homes	485
Second homes as a % of total dwellings	20.39
Total number of long term empty properties	32
Empty homes as a % of total dwellings	1.34

Source: Council Tax Register (parish figure, rounded)

Population 2010: Mid Year Estimates ONS

Gender breakdown	DCC Dorset	Lyme Regis
Totals	404,790	3,570
Males	196,420	1,620
Females	208,370	1,950

Age structure (%): 2010 Mid Year Estimates

Age range	DCC Dorset	Lyme Regis
0-15	17.0	14.1
16+17	2.7	2.2
18-44	25.4	19.2
45-59	20.9	19.4
60-84	30.0	38.2
85+	3.9	6.7

Ethnicity (%) - 2001 Census data

Ethnicity	DCC Dorset	Lyme Regis
White British	96.8	96.2
BME	3.2	3.8

Health - 2001 Census data

Health category	DCC Dorset	Lyme Regis
% with Long-term Illness / Disability	19.2	25.1
Health: % Good	68.1	61.7
Health: % Not Good	8.4	10.7
% Providing Unpaid Care	10.8	11.4

Poverty Indicators: Housing/Council Tax Benefit, 2009

Benefit Population	DCC Dorset	Lyme Regis
as a % of total population	13.6	14.3

Socio-economic classifications: 2010 ACORN

Classifications	DCC Dorset	Lyme Regis
% Wealthy Achievers	40.1	38.4
% Urban Prosperity	7.1	0.5
% Comfortably Off	33.2	35.2
% Moderate Means	9.2	11.7
% Hard Pressed	10.2	12.5
% unclassified	0.2	1.7

ACORN is a geodemographic segmentation of the UK's population which segments small neighbourhoods, postcodes, or consumer households into five categories, 17 groups and 56 types.
The five higher level categories, wealthy achievers, urban prosperity, comfortably off, moderate means and hard pressed are shown above.

An ACORN Profile of the town is available with mapping of the ward. You can access the Lyme Regis ACORN Profile (pdf, 550kb) (opens in a new window) for this information.

Retail profile - total town floorspace

68 shops/54,000 sq.ft. (2005)

Town centre:

Mainly small shops but includes nationals such as Boots and Co-op.

Catchment population:

The shopping catchment for Lyme Regis (major food shopping) extends around three to four miles in a north, west and east direction, competing with Axminster, Seaton and Bridport. The population within that catchment is around 6,100 (mid 2001).

Library - Number of issues of books etc

Library	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Lyme Regis	31,612	31,466	29,529	28,417

Source: Dorset County Council

Industrial estates

Lyme Regis Industrial Estate/Uplyme Business park (0.95h)

Unemployment % (persons)

Year	Male	Female	Total
July 1997	5.2 (39)	2.6 (17)	4.0 (56)
July 1998	3.8 (28)	2.2 (15)	3.0 (43)
July 1999	3.4 (25)	0.9 (6)	2.2 (31)
July 2000	2.2 (17)	0.4 (3)	1.3 (20)
July 2001	1.1 (9)	0.8 (6)	1.0 (15)
July 2002	0.9 (7)	0.3 (2)	0.6 (9)
July 2003	1.2 (10)	0.2 (2)	0.7 (12)
July 2004	1.1 (9)	0.5 (5)	0.9 (14)
July 2005	0.8 (7)	0.3 (3)	0.6 (10)
July 2006	2.0(18)	0.4 (4)	1.3 (22)
July 2007	0.8 (7)	confidential	0.5 (9)
July 2008	1.2 (11)	0.0 (0)	0.7 (11)
July 2009	1.9 (17)	0.8 (8)	1.5 (25)
July 2010	1.5 (13)	0.9 (9)	1.2 (22)

Of July 2009 Unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 0.0%
Of July 2010 Unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 22.7%

2009 employment

Total number of people working in the town: 1,400
Number of Firms (excluding self-employed) 200

Work pattern	percentage
Full-time	51%
Part-time	49%

Type of employment	%
Manufacturing and other non service	3
Construction	8
Accommodation & Food Service activities	25
Other Services	4
Distribution including motor	20
Finance and business services	11
Public administration, Ed and Health	28

Source: Annual Source: Business Register and Employment Survey, 2009, ONS

Major employers

Dorset County Council, Lyme Regis Community Care Ltd.

Traffic counts in the Lyme Regis area - annual average daily traffic

Road	Location	AADF (Annual Average Daily Traffic)							Percentage Growth Since
No.		1983	1990	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010	2009	2008	2005	2000	1990	1983
									1 Year	2 year	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	27 Years
A35(T)	Greenway Head/Raymonds Hill	5,200	6,600	9,700	11,500	11,700	12,000	11,800	-2%	1%	3%	22%	79%	127%
A3052	West of Lyme Regis	1,600	3,100	3,600	3,600	3,200	3,400	3,200	-6%	0%	-11%	-11%	3%	100%
A3052	East of Lyme Regis	3,400	3,700	4,600	4,900	5,000	5,100	5,700	12%	14%	16%	24%	54%	68%
A35(T)	Charmouth By Pass East	n/a	n/a	10,400	12,200	11,400	11,300	13,900	23%	22%	14%	34%	n/a	n/a