North Dorset in Profile People • The population of North Dorset has Key Key facts and figures about the area increased significantly over the last decade. • The 65+ age group has increased the most. facts • Continued population growth is projected. • The population has • The total population of • The total population is increased by ten per North Dorset is 69,300 expected to grow by four cent over the past ten up from 62,900 a decade per cent to 72,100 by 2021. years. 1 ago. 1 2 • 2.3% of the population are • The population aged 65+ • In 2012, there were Black and Minority Ethnic has increased the most more births than deaths (BME) compared with 14% whilst the 0-15 age in North Dorset giving a in England & Wales. 4 group is decreasing. 1 net increase of 19. 3 North Dorset Population Pyramid with National Comparator 2012 Mid Year Population Estimates 85+ 80-84 National comparison 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 Age Males Females 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4 10 5 0 5 10 % Sources: 1 Mid-year population estimates • The graph above shows • Population continues to (2012), ONS the slight over increase due to 2 Interim 2011-based sub national population projections, ONS representation in North in-migration from 3 Vital Statistics (2012), ONS Dorset of those aged outside the local area. 4 Census of Population, 2011 60+ and significant 5 5 Internal Migration 1 Dorset County Council under representation of Estimates (2012), ONS 2 those aged 20-39. 1 Housing Economy • Average house prices in North Dorset are • The unemployment rate in North Dorset is low slightly below the national figure. compared with the national rate. Key Key • Detached dwellings are the predominant • Earnings are lower than average. housing type in North Dorset. facts facts facts • The number of households is projected to • North Dorset has a high proportion of small increase by six per cent by 2021. firms. • 22% of houses being built are ‘affordable’. • 45% of employees are working in knowledge-driven industries. • Around 11% of North • There are 30,397 • 41% of houses in North • In 1998/99 19% of • There are around 23,200 • Average gross weekly Dorset’s residents dwellings in North Dorset are detached, houses were built at a employees in North earnings are lower than (aged 16-64) are self- Dorset. 6 29% are semi-detached, density of 50 or more Dorset. 11 nationally. Residence employed) - slightly 20% are terraced and houses per hectare based weekly pay is £425 higher than in GB • 39% of homes in North 11% are flats. 6 whereas in 2012/13 this • 45% of North Dorset’s compared with £519 in (10%). 16 Dorset are owned figure was only nine per employees are working in England & Wales. 13 outright—significantly • The number of cent. 10 knowledge-driven Three per cent of all higher than the average households is projected industries. This is less • Unemployment for England & Wales to increase by six per than the regional and North Dorset employees Rates, 2013 where it is 31%. 6 cent by 2021—less than • 22% of all houses built in national figures (51% and work in tourism with nationally (10%). 9 2012/13 were affordable 53% respectively). 11 the highest proportions compared with just 14% 3.4% seen in Weymouth & Tenure in North Dorset (% of all properties) ten years ago. 10 • 85% of the nation’s Portland (14%) and employees work in the Purbeck (13%). 11 service sector. In North 17 17 14 2.3% • The number of • The average house price Dorset, this figure is 14 new businesses 18 13 in North Dorset for Oct— smaller at 76%. The 1.6% surviving after one year Dec 2013 was £244,736, highest proportion is in is slightly higher in below the Dorset average Weymouth & Portland North Dorset at 96% 68 71 of £264,066. Over the (91%). 11 64 compared with 95% in same period the national • North Dorset has a high England & Wales. 15 figure was £247,584. 7 GB South North proportion of firms Sources: West Dorset England & Wales South West North Dorset employing fewer than ten 11 BRES (2012), ONS people (88%) in 12 Job seekers Allowance, ONS Sources: Ow ned Social rented Private rented Living rent free comparison with the Claimant Count, Jan—Dec 2013, 6 Census of Population, 2011 figure in England & Wales • The average 13 Annual Survey of Hours and 7 HM Land Registry, Oct – Dec (83%). 14 unemployment rate for Earnings (2013), ONS 2013 2013 was 1.6% (of all 14 UK Business: Activity, Size • House prices are 9.9 8 Lower quartile house prices to aged 16-64) - nationally and Location (2013), ONS times higher than lower quartile earnings, DCLG the figure was higher at 15 Business Demography earnings in North Dorset (2012 provisional) (2012), ONS 3.4%. 12 compared with 6.59 in 9 Household projections for 16 Annual Population Survey England and local authority (Jul 12-Jun 13), ONS England. 8 • GVA per resident head is districts (2011 based), DCLG 17 Dorset County Council 10 Environment Directorate, approximately £15,310 in estimates 3 Dorset County Council North Dorset—England 4 £21,350. 17 Learning and knowledge Access • Just under 9,000 pupils are educated in • Around 66% of residents live in rural areas of Key mainstream state schools in North Dorset. North Dorset. Key • The number of adults with no qualifications • Nine per cent of people in employment work facts from home. has decreased. facts • There are high levels of car ownership. • The percentage of young people who are not in employment, education or training is much lower than nationally. • 34% of residents in • 15 of North Dorset’s 35 North Dorset live in ‘Super Output Areas’ are urban areas—compared classified as being • Most of the main facilities are located in the towns. • 72% of pupils in North • Around nine per cent of • None of North Dorset’s with 82% in England & deprived for access to Dorset schools gained 5 North Dorset’s 16-18 ‘Super Output Areas’ are Wales. 24 services. 25 or more A*-C grades at year olds are in jobs in the 20% most deprived Towns and larger Car ownership is high in GCSE in the academic without training. In in England on the • settlements North Dorset. Only 12% year 2011/12. 18 comparison with five per education domain of the by population size cent in England. 21 Index of Deprivation. 20 of households do not Town Population • 8,827 pupils are own any cars, compared educated in mainstream with 26% in England & Weymouth 52,223 Percentage pupils gaining 5+ A*-C GCSEs North Dorset state Wales. 24 Christchurch 47,987 schools. The main 83.0 Dorchester 19,143 • 46% of all North Dorset secondary schools in the 79.8 Ferndown 17,981 area are: households have 2 or Verwood 14,985 Blandford School – more cars, with a total 1,067 pupils of 43,506 cars/vans Bridport • The proportion of (built up area) 14,697 Gillingham School — available for households people who get to work 1,737 pupils to use. 24 Portland 12,806 71.8 via public transport is Shaftesbury School — Gillingham 11,871 low (one per cent) 1,060 pupils Blandford Forum 10,541 compared with Sturminster Newton High Swanage 9,556 nationally (11%). 24 561 pupils 22 Sherborne 9,581 Lytchett Minster • The number of adults • A relatively high England South West North Dorset & Upton 8,078 with no qualifications proportion of residents Shaftesbury 7,707 has decreased by 35% work from home (nine over the past decade to per cent in comparison Wimborne Minster 6,901 Sources: 12% of the total popula- • North Dorset has a low with five per cent Chickerell 5,524 18 Office for National Statistics nationally). 24 tion aged 16-64. 19 percentage of 16-18 (Neighbourhood statistics) Wareham 5,490 years olds Not in 19 Census of Population, 2001 and • Over the past ten years Sturminster Employment, Education 2011, ONS Newton 4,355 the number of adults with or Training (NEET) at 20 Index of Deprivation (2010), Sources: Lyme Regis 3,637 degree level almost four per cent DCLG 23 Mid-year population qualifications or higher compared with seven per 21 Ansbury (as at November 2013) estimates (2012), ONS Beaminster 3,087 has increased by 70% to cent nationally. 21 22 Dorset County Council, 2013 24 Census of Population, 2011 Stalbridge 2,719 29% of all people aged 25 Index of Deprivation (2010), Source: 23 DCLG 5 16-64 in North Dorset. 19 6 Environment Safety & Health Key • 60% of waste in North Dorset is recycled. • North Dorset has low crime rates compared Key with national figures. • Around 350 new homes are built each year. facts facts • Life expectancy is around three years longer facts • Traffic has increased in North Dorset over than national. the past ten years. • The teenage conception rate is low. Dorset has: • 39% of North Dorset is • North Dorset has a low Crime rates (rate per 1,000 population) overall crime rate of • 85% of all species of covered by an Area of 29.9 per 1,000 of the mammals living in Britain Outstanding Natural Beauty designation. 26 population (nationally = • 90% of all birds, 66.4). 29 • 80% of all butterflies • In 2012/13 there were 66.4 • 70% of all dragonflies, • Around 350 new homes 1.5 burglaries per 1,000 • and nearly all reptiles are built in North Dorset households.