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Bourton

2001 Census Parish Profile

Population

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
All people
772
61,910
390,980
% aged 0-15 years
17.50
19.80
17.86
% aged 16-64 years
60.00
60.30
58.75
% aged 65+
22.50
19.90
23.39
% living in a communal establishment
0.00
6.10
2.78

Dwellings/Households

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
All dwellings
347
26,455
178,065
% second homes
2.00
1.40
2.77
Household spaces with residents
325
25,248
167,998

Tenure

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
% owner-occupied
80.00
73.30
76.28
% rented council / housing association
10.80
13.80
12.10
% other tenure
9.20
12.90
11.61

Car ownership

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
% of households with no car
9.20
14.10
16.96

Household composition

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
% pensioner households
33.20
30.70
33.41
% couple households
40.90
47.90
44.73
% lone parent household
3.10
6.40
6.76

Economic activity

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
All people aged 16-74
554
43,611
275,193
% of 16-74 years employed
61.40
64.40
60.82
% of 16-74 years unemployed
0.90
1.80
2.03
% of 16-74 years inactive
35.70
32.20
35.13

Qualifications

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
% of 16-74 years no qualifications/level 1 qualifications/qualifications unknown
45.80
50.49
52.26

Occupation

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
% of workforce: managerial and professional occupations
28.90
25.40
26.06
% of workforce: intermediate occupations
6.00
9.80
8.75
% of workforce: small employers and own-account workers 
15.00
11.00
10.03
% of workforce: lower supervisory and technical occupations
6.00
7.40
7.22
% of workforce: semi-routine and routine occupations
16.40
20.80
19.50

Health

Category
Bourton
North Dorset
Dorset
% of all people with a limiting long-term illness
16.80
16.60
19.20
% of all people whose health was good 
72.20
71.10
68.10
% of all people providing unpaid care
11.00
9.60
10.79
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