Electoral Division Profile 2017
South Purbeck Electoral Division
Total Population: 8,500 (2015 Mid Year Estimate, DCC) Number of Electors: 6,792 (March, 2017 PDC)
Purbeck South Purbeck Electoral Division is composed of these parishes: Studland, Church Knowle, Corfe Castle, Worth Matravers, Langton Matravers, Kimmeridge, West Lulworth, Winfrith Newburgh, Coombe Keynes, Steeple with Tyneham, East Lulworth and Chaldon Herring. Within the division there are two libraries, both community-run. There are 5 schools, all primaries.
Population
South Purbeck Dorset 2015 Mid-Year Population Estimates, ONS & DCC Electoral Purbeck (DCC) Division All 8,500 46,200 420,600 % aged 0-15 years 15.6 16.2 16.0 % aged 16-64 years 56.1 57.3 56.1 % aged 65-84 years 25.0 23.1 23.8 % aged 85+ years 3.3 3.5 4.1
South Purbeck division has a total population of 8,500. The division has a demographic profile broadly similar to the Dorset profile.
Created by Policy & Research, Chief Executive’s Department Email: [email protected] South Purbeck Electoral Division,
PAGE 1 Ethnicity/Country of Birth / Language spoken
South Purbeck Dorset Census, 2011 Electoral Purbeck (DCC) Division % white British 96.1 96.2 95.5 % Black and minority ethnic groups (BME) 3.9 3.8 4.5 % England 90.5 91.2 91.0 % born rest of UK 3.6 3.3 3.4 % Rep of IRE 0.6 0.4 0.4 % EU (member countries in 2001) 2.2 1.7 1.3 % EU (Accession countries April 2001 to March 2011) 0.5 0.6 0.7 % born elsewhere 2.6 2.6 3.1 Main language spoken not English 0.6 0.6 0.7
Households
South Purbeck Dorset Address Base, DCC Electoral Purbeck (DCC) Division Number of residential properties 4,358 23,002 205,315
Health and Care
South Purbeck Dorset Census, 2011 Electoral Purbeck (DCC) Division
% long term illness / disability 19.3 19.4 20.1
Purbeck % health very good/ good 80.9 80.9 80.5 % health very bad/ bad 4.9 5.0 5.0 % provides unpaid care 13.0 12.7 11.9 % all usual residents in communal establishments 1.2 1.4 2.3 Overall the health of those living in South Purbeck division is marginally better than the Dorset average. Slightly more people are providing unpaid care in the division (13.0%) compared to the Dorset figure (11.9%).
Unemployment Source: Claimant Count, Jan 2017, ONS
% of claimants long term Area Male rate Female rate Total rate unemployed South Purbeck ED 0.8 0.4 0.7 27.2 DCC Dorset 1.1 0.7 0.9 16.5 Great Britain 2.4 1.4 1.9 30.9
Index of Deprivation 2015, DCLG.
Lower Super Output Area IMD Rank IMD Stands for the Index of Multiple Deprivation. West Purbeck 13,717 All Lower Super Output Areas in England are Wool & East Burton 22,317 ranked from 1 for the most deprived to 32,844 for the least deprived. Wool Village 21,925 West Purbeck is the most deprived area within Castle 19,632 this division. Creech Barrow 19,784 All areas apart from West Purbeck are less Langton 23,208 deprived than the national average. South Purbeck Electoral Division,
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