Dorset county Census 2021

94.1% people are white, 2.3% people are asian, 2.0% people are mixed.
49.1% are Christian, 41.2% have no religion, 6.7% provided no answer.
42.1% households have 1 car, 29.6% households have 2 cars, 16.6% households have no car.

Dorset population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Dorset county	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	2.3%	9.3%
Black	0.7%	4.0%
Mixed	2.0%	2.9%
Other	0.9%	2.1%
White	94.1%	81.7%

Dorset population health

Health	Dorset county	England & Wales (UK)
very good	46.2%	48.4%
good	34.9%	33.6%
average	13.7%	12.7%
poor	4.0%	4.0%
very poor	1.1%	1.2%

Dorset population religion

Religion	Dorset county	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.5%	0.5%
Christian	49.1%	46.2%
Hindu	0.5%	1.7%
Jewish	0.3%	0.5%
Muslim	1.1%	6.5%
No answer	6.7%	6.0%
No religion	41.2%	37.2%
Other	0.0%	0.9%
Sikh	0.7%	0.6%

Dorset population economic activity

Economic activity	Dorset county	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	42.2%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.5%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.6%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.5%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	3.7%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.1%	7.3%
Retired	29.0%	21.6%
Student, no work	5.1%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.2%	2.8%

Dorset car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.38 cars per household in Dorset county. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Dorset county	England & Wales (UK)
No car	16.6%	23.3%
1 car	42.1%	41.3%
2 cars	29.6%	26.2%
3+ cars	11.7%	9.2%

Dorset 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).