Dorchester East Demographics (West Dorset, England)

Dorchester East is a ward in West Dorset of South West, England and includes areas of West Woodsford, Fordington, Victoria Park, Colliton and Northernhay.

In the 2011 census the population of Dorchester East was 4,721 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Dorchester East is 43, while the median age is higher at 44.

90.7% of people living in Dorchester East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 1.1% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Philippines, 0.3% United States, 0.3% Zimbabwe.

98.4% of people living in Dorchester East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% French, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Dorchester East is 62.8% Christian, 27.2% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Atheist. 363 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

46.0% of people are married, 12.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.1% are separated or divorced. There are 363 widowed people living in Dorchester East.

The top occupations listed by people in Dorchester East are Professional 18.7%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Skilled trades 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 11.0%, Elementary 11.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Elementary administration and service 10.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.6%, Sales and customer service 9.1%, Administrative 8.4%.