South West · 48 areas. Area Score 0–100 (higher = less deprived).
59
Average neighbourhood score, weighted by population
#123 of 296 local authorities
· 48 neighbourhoods · 383,373 residents
Income62
Employment58
Education52
Health66
Crime74
Housing & access31
Living env.58
Residents by national deprivation decile · left = most deprived
Neighbourhoods here span Weymouth Town, Melcombe Regis & Rodwell (13) to Parley & Hampreston (94); 0% of residents live in one of England’s most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods. How these averages are worked out →
In summary
Dorset contains both ends of the scale: Parley & Hampreston at 94 out of 100 (#396 of 6,856 in England) against Weymouth Town, Melcombe Regis & Rodwell at 13, an 81-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 11 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 3 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £208,000 in Underhill & The Grove to £680,000 in St Leonards — a 3.3× gap within Dorset.
Living here
Typical net household income£39,326a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime40per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)50
Owner-occupied71%
Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.
House prices in Dorset
£345,000median home sold over the past year · +10.6% over 5 years · 0.0% over the year · 5,966 sales
Detached£475,000
Semi-detached£330,000
Terraced£273,000
Flat£183,375
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
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Towns & places in Dorset
Grouped neighbourhoods that share a town or locality name.
Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each
question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date
from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.
