Bere Regis

Bere Regis is a large village of nearly 1,800 people in central southern Dorset.

Communications

Bere Regis is well placed on the main A31 trunk road, giving access eastwards to the M3 and westwards towards Exeter. The main centres of Poole and Bournemouth are easily accessible to the south on the A35. The nearest railway station is at Wareham.

Population

2011 Census Population

Latest population figure for Bere Regis = 1,745

Age	Bere Regis (persons)	Bere Regis (%)	Dorset-DCC area (%)	England & Wales (%)
0-4	78	4.5	4.7	6.2
5-9	85	4.9	4.8	5.6
10-14	88	5.0	5.6	5.8
15-19	84	4.8	5.8	6.3
20-24	87	5.0	4.7	6.8
25-29	65	3.7	4.1	6.8
30-34	76	4.4	4.3	6.6
35-39	87	5.0	5.2	6.7
40-44	132	7.6	6.6	7.3
45-49	162	9.3	7.3	7.3
50-54	132	7.6	6.9	6.4
55-59	136	7.8	6.6	5.7
60-64	156	8.9	8.0	6.0
65-69	101	5.8	6.9	4.8
70-74	90	5.2	5.6	3.9
75-79	90	5.2	4.9	3.2
80-84	58	3.3	3.9	2.4
85+	38	2.2	3.9	2.2
total	1,745	100	100	100

selected age groups

Age group	Bere Regis (number)	Bere Regis (%)	Dorset-DCC area (%)	England & Wales (%)
Young people 0 to 17	304	17.4	18.8	21.3
Young adults 18 to 29	183	10.5	10.9	16.2
Older people 65 plus	377	21.6	25.2	16.4

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census

Historic population (Census)

Year	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Bere Regis	970	1.030	1,130	1,160	1,240	1,450	1,770	1,800	1,750

Source: ONS

Housing growth

Year	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Housing development	4	0	0	3	2	2	0	18	11	0	0

The 2011 Census records 852 dwellings in Bere Regis.
Since 2011, a further 0 have been built giving a total of 852 dwellings.
At March 2012, a further 4 units have permission and 0 are allocated in the local plan.

Note: Figures now allow for losses from demolition, redevelopment etc. Method revised 2009

Average house prices

Dwelling type	Bere Regis July-September 2010 (average prices)	Bere Regis July-Sept 2012(average prices)	Bere Regis July-Sept 2012 (Sales)
Detached	n/a	£323,100	10
Semi-detached	n/a	£208,500	4
Terraced	£252,487	n/a	n/a
Flats/maisonettes	n/a	n/a	n/a

Land Registry average prices . (Prices may be affected by low number of sales). Figures based on postcode sector BH20 7

Tenure - 2011 Census

% of all households

Area	Owner occupied (%)	Shared ownership (%)	Social rented (%)	Private rented (%)	Living rent free (%)
Bere Regis	57.9	0.9	20.2	18.2	2.9

Source: ONS

Second/holiday homes, Feb 2010

Category	Number
Total dwellings on Council Tax Register	835
Total number of second homes	20
Second homes as a % of total dwellings	2.4

Source: Council Tax Register (parish figure)

Crime

- domestic burglaries

Rate per 1,000 households

Area	2009/10
Bere Regis	3.6
DCC Dorset	3.8
South West	7.6
England and Wales	11.6

Note: Due to a small number of burglaries - rates for small geographical areas can vary significantly from year to year.
Source: Dorset County Council.

Other sources of crime data

Access the Police Bere Regis Crime Mapping (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.

Index of deprivation, 2010

(Figures show Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) ranking out of 247 LSOAs in Dorset with 1 being the most deprived)

LSOA Name	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education	Housing & Services	Crime	Living Environment
Bere Regis	98	101	141	150	105	40	134	84

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

Classification %	Dorset	Bere Regis
Wealthy achievers	40.1	34.5
Urban prosperity	7.1	0.0
Comfortably off	33.2	44.0
Moderate means	9.2	5.6
Hard pressed	10.2	15.9
unclassified	0.2	0.0

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.

Ethnicity (%) - 2011Census

	Bere Regis	Purbeck	Dorset (DCC area)
% white British	97.9	96.2	95.5
% Black and minority ethnic groups (BME)	2.1	3.8	4.5

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census

Country of birth (%) - 2011 Census

	Bere Regis	Purbeck	Dorset (DCC area)
% born in England	92.8	91.2	91.0
% born rest of UK	2.9	3.4	3.4
% born in Rep of IRE	0.4	0.4	0.4
% born EU (member countries in 2001)	1.5	1.7	1.3
% born EU (Accession countries April 2001 to March 2011)	0.2	0.6	0.7
% born elsewhere	2.1	2.6	3.1

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census

Health - 2011 Census (% of population)

Health limiting day-to-day activities

	Bere Regis	Purbeck	Dorset (DCC area)
Day-to-day activities limited a lot (%)	6.5	8.2	8.6
limited a little(%)	11.5	11.2	11.5
not limited(%)	82.0	80.5	79.9
limited a lot: Age 16 to 64(%)	2.5	2.9	2.9
limited a little: Age 16 to 64(%)	4.6	4.5	4.5
not limited: Age 16 to 64(%)	56.0	52.0	51.1

General health

	Bere Regis	Purbeck	Dorset (DCC area)
Very good health(%)	44.9	45.0	44.6
Good health(%)	35.7	35.9	35.9
Fair health(%)	15.4	14.1	14.5
Bad health(%)	3.1	4.0	3.9
Very bad health(%)	0.9	1.0	1.1

Provision of unpaid care

	Bere Regis	Purbeck	Dorset (DCC area)
Provides no unpaid care(%)	87.9	87.3	88.1
Provides 1 to 19 hours unpaid care a week(%)	9.2	8.7	8.1
Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week(%)	1.0	1.5	1.3
Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week(%)	1.9	2.5	2.5

Source: ONS 2011 Census

Education

Purbeck Pyramid Area:

Schools	Number of schools
First	13
Infant	0
Junior	0
Primary	0
Middle	4
Secondary	1
Upper	0
Special	0

Area:

Approx. 'built-up' area = 70 hectares (173acres)

Local authority revenue

Council tax band D for year	Council tax payable
12/13	£1,615.76
11/12	£1,605.17

Unemployment % (persons)

Bere Regis - proportion of resident population aged 16-64 (and actual number)

Year	Male	Female	Total
July 2004	1.1 (7)	0.5 (3)	0.8 (10)
July 2005	#(#)	0(0)	# (#)
July 2006	1.2(8)	0.5 (3)	0.9 (11)
July 2007	0.7(5)	#(#)	0.5(6)
July 2008	0.9 (6)	0.5(3)	0.7 (9)
July 2009	3.5 (24)	1.4(9)	2.5 (33)
July 2010	2.9 (20)	1.1 (7)	2.0 (27)
July 2011	3.1 (21)	1.7 (11)	2.4 (32)
July 2012	1.5 (10)	0.5 (3)	1.0 (13)

Of July 2010 unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 18.5%
Of July 2011 unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 9.4%
Of July 2012 unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 30.8%

# = confidential

The wider economy of the area

To see an economic profile of the wider Purbeck area follow this link to the Purbeck Economy & Labour Market Profile 2011 (pdf, 1008kb) (opens in a new window) .

Employment - 2011 (Bere Regis ward)

Total number of people working in the area: 300

Work pattern	percentage
Full-time	55%
Part-time	45%

Type of employment	%
Production	13
Construction	9
Distribution, accommodation and food	19
Finance, ICT & professional services	4
Other market services	16
Public admin, education and health	19
Other services	20

Source: Business Register and Employment Survey, 2011, ONS

Figures may not sum due to rounding. All these figures exclude farm agriculture which has been suppressed

Employment land (hectares)

Settlement	Area developed 1994-10	With permission	Allocated	Total commitment
Bere Regis	0.21	0	0.7	0.7

Traffic counts in the wider area

AADF (Annual average daily traffic)

Road	Location	1983	1990	2001	2006	2010	2011
A35	Woodlake	5,300	8,300	11,500	13,000	13,000	13,300
C8	Gallows Hill	3,500	4,500	5,300	6,700	6,400	5,800
A935T	Rogers Hill Farm	not built	not built	20,000	23,400	23,200	23,900

Percentage growth

Road	Location	1 year (10-11)	5 years (06-11)	10 years (01-11)	21years (90-11)	28 years (83-11)
A35	Woodlake	2.3%	2%	16%	60%	151%
C8	Gallows Hill	-9.4%	-13%	9%	29%	66%
A935T	Rogers Hill Farm	3.0%	2%	20%	n/a	n/a