Stalbridge

Stalbridge is Dorset's smallest town and stands in the Blackmore Vale, close to the Somerset border.

Its long main street runs from the church to the 15th Century market cross, reputedly the best in the country. Stalbridge dates from Saxon times and has an unhurried, olde world atmosphere that adds to its charm.

Communications

Stalbridge is located on the A357. The nearest rail station is just over 3 miles away in Templecombe (Somerset).

Population

Latest population figure (2011 Census) for the town (Stalbridge Parish) is 2,698

Age	Stalbridge (number)	Stalbridge(%)	Dorset-DCC area (%)	England & Wales (%)
0-4	124	4.6	4.7	6.2
5-9	131	4.9	4.8	5.6
10-14	154	5.7	5.6	5.8
15-19	126	4.7	5.8	6.3
20-24	99	3.7	4.7	6.8
25-29	97	3.6	4.1	6.8
30-34	90	3.3	4.3	6.6
35-39	174	6.4	5.2	6.7
40-44	163	6.0	6.6	7.3
45-49	191	7.1	7.3	7.3
50-54	193	7.2	6.9	6.4
55-59	177	6.6	6.6	5.7
60-64	259	9.6	8.0	6.0
65-69	209	7.7	6.9	4.8
70-74	176	6.5	5.6	3.9
75-79	140	5.2	4.9	3.2
80-84	95	3.5	3.9	2.4
85+	100	3.7	3.9	2.2
total	2,698	100	100	100

selected age groups

Age	Stalbridge (number)	Stalbridge(%)	Dorset-DCC area (%)	England & Wales (%)
Young people 0 to 17	487	18.1	18.8	21.3
Young adults 18 to 29	244	9.0	10.9	16.2
Older people 65 plus	720	26.7	25.2	16.4

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census.

Historic Population

Year	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Census population	1,220	1,250	1,540	1,520	1,960	2,320	2,280	2,580	2,698

Source: ONS

Education

Sturminster Newton pyramid area:
6 primary schools (Stalbridge Primary School),
1 secondary school, 1 Special School.
The secondary school for the area
Sturminster Newton High (563 pupils-2011)

For more information on Sturminster Newton High School (opens in a new window)

Industrial and Commercial land

Between 1994-10, 2.48 hectares of industrial land has been developed in Stalbridge. The total area of land with permission or allocated in local plans is 0.70 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	2010/11	2011/12
Stalbridge	6.1	9.1	9.1	12.2	4.1	n/a	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DCC Dorset	6.6	6.6	6.5	5.7	4.4	n/a	4.1	3.8	3.7	3.4
South West	14.8	12.3	10.7	8.9	8.4	n/a	8.2	7.6	7.2	7.0
England and Wales	20.0	18.6 (GB)	14.4	13.5	13.1	n/a	12.2	11.6	11.1	10.5

Please note: Due to the low prevailing level of offences, and the often sporadic nature of burglary, rates for small geographical areas can vary significantly from year to year.
Source: DCC

Other sources of crime data

Access the Police crime mapping Stalbridge (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.

Housing growth

Year	98	99	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Housing development	1	29	14	38	22	0	8	4	2	2	3	34	18	10	4

The 2011 Census records 1,244 dwellings in Stalbridge.
Since 2011, a further 4 have been built giving a total of 1,249.
At March 2012, a further 1 unit has permission and 0 have been allocated in local plans.

Note: Figures allow for losses from re-development etc. Method revised 2009

Index of deprivation, 2010

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

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

	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education & Skills	Housing & Services	crime	Living
Stalbridge Town	105	61	61	98	55	204	198	159

Click here for detailed information and mapping of the The Index of Deprivation, 2010

Source:DCLG

Poverty Indicators: Housing/Council Tax Benefit: March2013

Settlement	Benefit Population	Total Population	% Benefit Population (% of total settlement population)
Alderholt	282	3,171	8.9%
Beaminster	547	3,136	17.4%
Bere Regis	305	1,745	17.5%
Blandford	1,657	10,325	16.0%
Bridport	2,414	13,568	17.8%
Burton	631	4,177	15.1%
Charminster/Charlton Down	379	2,940	12.9%
Chickerell	895	5,515	16.2%
Christchurch	7,747	47,700	16.2%
Colehill	538	6,907	7.8%
Corfe Castle	190	1,355	14.0%
Corfe Mullen	948	10,133	9.4%
Crossways	385	2,267	17.0%
Dorchester	2,987	19,060	15.7%
Ferndown	2,300	17,839	12.9%
Gillingham	1,697	11,756	14.4%
Lyme Regis	527	3,671	14.4%
Lytchett Matravers	370	3,424	10.8%
Lytchett Minster/Upton	1,338	7,983	16.8%
Marnhull	245	1,998	12.3%
Portland	2,880	12,844	22.4%
Sandford	381	2,774	13.7%
Shaftesbury	969	7,314	13.2%
Sherborne	1,567	9,523	16.5%
St Leonards & St Ives	536	6,859	7.8%
Stalbridge	333	2,698	12.3%
Sturminster Marshall	199	1,969	10.1%
Sturminster Newton	664	4,292	15.5%
Swanage	1,571	9,601	16.4%
Verwood	1,653	14,852	11.1%
Wareham	907	5,496	16.5%
West Moors	981	7,561	13.0%
Weymouth	11,079	52,256	21.2%
Wimborne	1,268	6,790	18.7%
Wool	771	5,310	14.5%
Dorset ( DCC area)	-	-	-

Source: DCC

Socio-economic classifications: 2010 ACORN

Classifications	DCC Dorset	Stalbridge
% Wealthy Achievers	40.1	59.7
% Urban Prosperity	7.1	0.0
% Comfortably Off	33.2	36.8
% Moderate Means	9.2	0.6
% Hard Pressed	10.2	2.3
% unclassified	0.2	0.0

A full ACORN profile of the town has been created. View Stalbridge ACORN Profile (pdf, 708kb) (opens in a new window) here.

Average house prices

Dwelling type	Average Price July - Sept 2009	Average Price July - Sept 2010	July - Sept 2010 (sales)	Average Price July - Sept 2012	July - Sept 2012 (sales)
Detached	£324,374	£419,861	22	£404,166	6
Semi-detached	£196,000	£198,086	11	£238,875	4
Terraced	£257,066	£246,750	4	£250,502	5
Flats/maisonettes	n/a	n/a	0	n/a	0

Land Registry average prices (Prices may be affected by low number of sales) Data relates to the postcode sector DT10 2.

Tenure - 2011 Census

% of all households

Area	Owner occupied (%)	Shared ownership (%)	Social rented (%)	Private rented (%)	Living rent free (%)
Stalbridge	74.1	0.3	14.8	9.7	1.0

Source: ONS

Area

Approx 'built-up' area = 80 hectares (198 acres)

Local authority revenue

Council tax band D for Year	Council tax payable
12/13	£1,581.25
11/12	£1,579.98
10/11	£1,579.12
09/10	£1,532.83
08/09	£1,477.21
07/08	£1,408.53
06/07	£1,337.39
05/06	£1,289.87
04/05	£1,226.88
03/04	£1,158.24
02/03	£1,023.21
01/02	£936.82
00/01	£885.38
99/00	£836.84

Second/holiday and vacant homes, 2011

Total dwellings on Council Tax Register	1,217
Total number of second homes	15
Second homes as a % of total dwellings	1.31
Total number of long term empty properties	10
Empty homes as a % of total dwellings	0.82

Source: Council Tax Register (parish figure, rounded)

Ethnicity (%) - 2011Census

	Stalbridge	North Dorset	Dorset (DCC area)
% white British	97.0	94.7	95.5
% Black and minority ethnic groups (BME)	3.0	5.3	4.5

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census

Country of birth (%) - 2011 Census

	Stalbridge	North Dorset	Dorset (DCC area)
% born in England	92.7	89.7	91.0
% born rest of UK	2.7	3.4	3.4
% born in Rep of IRE	0.3	0.3	0.4
% born EU (member countries in 2001)	08	1.6	1.3
% born EU (Accession countries April 2001 to March 2011)	0.9	1.3	0.7
% born elsewhere	2.8	3.6	3.1

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census

Health - 2011 Census (% of population)

Health Limiting day-to-day Activities

	Stalbridge	North Dorset	Dorset (DCC area)
Day-to-day activities limited a lot (%)	8.1	7.1	8.6
limited a little(%)	12.3	10.4	11.5
not limited(%)	79.7	82.5	79.9
limited a lot: Age 16 to 64(%)	2.3	2.6	2.9
limited a little: Age 16 to 64(%)	5.1	4.2	4.5
not limited: Age 16 to 64(%)	49.7	53.6	51.1

General Health

	Stalbridge	North Dorset	Dorset (DCC area)
Very good health(%)	41.9	47.8	44.6
Good health(%)	39.1	35.2	35.9
Fair health(%)	14.6	12.8	14.5
Bad health(%)	3.3	3.3	3.9
Very bad health(%)	1.0	0.8	1.1

Provision of Unpaid Care

	Stalbridge	North Dorset	Dorset (DCC area)
Provides no unpaid care(%)	89.8	89.4	88.1
Provides 1 to 19 hours unpaid care a week(%)	6.4	7.3	8.1
Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week(%)	1.1	1.1	1.3
Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week(%)	2.7	2.2	2.5

Source: ONS 2011 Census

Retail profile - total town floorspace

16 Shops (2005) 14,000 sq.ft. Mainly local shops

Library - Number of issues of books etc

Library	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Stalbridge	26,529	26,666	26,620	23,915

Industrial estates

Stalbridge Trading Estate (7.1h), Gibbs Marsh Trading Estate (7.7h), The Sidings (0.2h), Station Road Business Park (0.5h)

Unemployment % (persons)

Proportion of resident population aged 16-64 and actual number

Year	Male	Female	Total
July 1997	2.0 (18)	1.0 (7)	1.6 (25)
July 1998	1.0 (9)	1.4 (10)	1.2 (19)
July 1999	0.8 (7)	1.8 (13)	1.2 (20)
July 2000	1.0 (9)	0.8 (6)	0.9 (15)
July 2001	0.8 (7)	0.5 (4)	0.7 (11)
July 2002	0.7 (8)	0.3 (2)	0.5 (10)
July 2003	0.6 (8)	0.4 (4)	0.5 (12)
July 2004	0.6 (6)	0.4 (4)	0.5 (10)
July 2005	0.3 (3)	0.1 (1)	0.2 (4)
July 2006	1.2 (12)	0.3 (3)	0.7 (15)
July 2007	0.3 (3)	0.7 (10)	0.6 (13)
July 2008	0.6 (6)	0.3 (3)	0.4 (9)
July 2009	3.0 (30)	0.3 (3)	1.6 (33)
July 2010	1.4 (14)	0.6 (6)	1.0 (20)
July 2011	1.4 (13)	1.3 (12)	1.4 (25)

Of July 2009 unemployment figures, the long term unemployed = 0.0%
Of July 2010 unemployment figures, the long term unemployed = 25.0%
Of July 2011 unemployment figures, the long term unemployed = 4.0%

The wider economy of the area

To see an economic profile of the wider North Dorset area follow this link to the North Dorset Economy & Labour Market Profile 2011 (pdf, 985kb) (opens in a new window) .

2010 employment

Total number of people working in the town: 900
Number of firms (excluding the self-employed): 150 (2009)

Work pattern	percentage
Full-time	69%
Part-time	31%

Type of employment	%
Production and construction	36
Distribution, accommodation and food	42
Other market services	9
Public Admin, education and health	11
Other services	2

Source: Annual Source: Business Register and Employment Survey, 2010, ONS

Major employers

Stalbridge Timber, William Hughes Ltd, Dorset County Council, Fudges Dorset Village Bakery

Traffic counts in the wider Stalbridge 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
A30	Five Bridges	3,600	4,700	4,800	5,300	5,700	5,500	5,300	-4%	-7%	0%	10%	13%	47%
A357	North of Warr Bridge	2,000	2,900	3,000	3,500	3,600	3,500	3,600	3%	0%	3%	20%	24%	80%
A30	West of Shaftesbury (Long Cross)	n/a	n/a	n/a	5,100	6,300	5,900	5,800	-2%	-8%	14%	n/a	n/a	n/a