Electoral wardE05012728
West Purbeck ward, Dorset
West Purbeck is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,844 residents in 4,024 households — 67 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Dorset and North Poole and South Dorset constituencies.
Residents, 20219,844council ward average 7,279
Households4,0242.45 residents per household
Density67/ km²about 146.71 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+23.0%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 489
5–95.7% · 565
10–157.1% · 696
16–195.0% · 491
20–245.2% · 516
25–3410.8% · 1,066
35–4917.1% · 1,683
50–6421.1% · 2,075
65–7412.4% · 1,219
75–847.8% · 770
85+2.8% · 274
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.0% · 363
1 car or van38.9% · 1,567
2 cars or vans36.0% · 1,448
3 or more16.1% · 646
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright36.9% · 1,483
With mortgage22.8% · 919
Shared ownership0.9% · 38
Social rented16.3% · 654
Private rented23.0% · 924
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house34.8% · 1,399
Semi-detached house35.1% · 1,412
Terraced house21.2% · 855
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 268
Converted house0.8% · 33
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.5% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012728- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole, South Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 37 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Affpuddle and TurnerspuddleBere RegisBloxworthChaldon HerringCoombe KeynesEast LulworthMoretonWest LulworthWinfrith NewburghWool
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CChickerell26.0% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned7,817CColehill & Wimborne Minster East28.4% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned8,676CCorfe Mullen24.3% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned10,374CCrossways29.0% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned3,736LLittlemoor & Preston31.7% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned9,865LLytchett Matravers & Upton25.7% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned12,536MMelcombe Regis24.3% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned4,301PPortland22.6% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned13,558RRadipole30.1% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned9,768RRodwell & Wyke27.1% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned13,916SSouth East Purbeck34.4% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned4,132SStour & Allen Vale27.3% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,961SSwanage35.5% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned9,426UUpwey & Broadwey27.2% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned4,537
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.