Dorchester postcode area Census 2021

96.8% people are white, 1.3% people are asian, 1.2% people are mixed.
50.7% are Christian, 40.5% have no religion, 6.8% provided no answer.
42.2% households have 1 car, 29.9% households have 2 cars, 15.7% households have no car.

Dorchester population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Dorchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	1.3%	9.3%
Black	0.3%	4.0%
Mixed	1.2%	2.9%
Other	0.4%	2.1%
White	96.8%	81.7%

Dorchester population health

Health	Dorchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	44.1%	48.4%
good	36.1%	33.6%
average	14.5%	12.7%
poor	4.2%	4.0%
very poor	1.1%	1.2%

Dorchester population religion

Religion	Dorchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.5%	0.5%
Christian	50.7%	46.2%
Hindu	0.2%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	0.5%	6.5%
No answer	6.8%	6.0%
No religion	40.5%	37.2%
Other	0.0%	0.9%
Sikh	0.7%	0.6%

Dorchester population economic activity

Economic activity	Dorchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	39.8%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.7%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	9.2%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.1%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	3.7%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.5%	7.3%
Retired	32.7%	21.6%
Student, no work	3.5%	6.3%
Unemployed	1.9%	2.8%

Dorchester car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.40 cars per household in Dorchester postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Dorchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	15.7%	23.3%
1 car	42.2%	41.3%
2 cars	29.9%	26.2%
3+ cars	12.2%	9.2%

Dorchester household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).