Chickerell & Chesil Bank

Dorset · South West · population 8,599 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

49Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,522 of 6,856 in England
  • #440 of 710 in South West
  • #38 of 48 in Dorset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,374
Median age (est.)52
Density91per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above29%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 11%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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.

In summary

Chickerell & Chesil Bank sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,522 of 6,856 in England, and #38 of 48 in Dorset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (73) but weak on Housing & access (9). Typical homes here sold for about £335,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 133 sales), in line with the wider Dorset median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,581 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 50 · #3,405
Employment 55 · #3,076
Education 48 · #3,549
Health 62 · #2,617
Crime 73 · #1,863
Housing & access 9 · #6,229
Living environment 49 · #3,467

House prices ?

£335,000median (12m) · -8.0% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£335,000133-8.0%+8.9%
Detached£436,25044+0.9%+28.3%
Semi-detached£340,50030-9.2%+32.2%
Terraced£275,00055-4.3%+15.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£335,000
Dorset£345,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£36,581±£5,161 · #4,502 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,483
Price-to-income ?9.2×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 325 offences
Dorset40
South West71
England83

Rank #1,062 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences153
Theft77
Burglary9
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons27
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 92 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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