I found the following revealing insight into village life on Dorset County Council’s website. Thanks to Stephen Bryant for his mathematical work in combining the Parishes.
MN
FV
Actual No MN
Actual No FV
Combined Parishes
W Dorset
Dorset
Population
All people
952
154
1106
92,360
390,980
% aged 0-15 years
17.6
24
168
37
18.5%
17.7
17.9
% aged 16-64 years
59.1
54.5
563
84
58.5%
57.8
58.7
% aged 65+ years
23.2
20.1
221
31
22.8%
24.5
23.4
% living in a communal establishment
2
0
19
0
1.7%
2.9
2.8
Dwellings / Households
All dwellings
432
72
504
44,030
178,065
% second homes
1.9
5.6
8
4
2.4%
4.6
2.8
Household spaces with residents (1)
408
67
475
40,510
167,998
Tenure
% owner-occupied
72.1
82.1
311
59
73.4%
72.5
76.3
% rented Council / housing association
15
6
65
4
13.7%
14
12.1
% other tenure
13
11.9
56
9
12.9%
13.5
11.6
Car Ownership
% of households with no car
17.9
11.9
77
9
17.1%
16.9
17
Household Composition
% pensioner households
29.7
28.4
128
20
29.4%
34.4
33.4
% couple households
41.4
50.7
179
37
42.9%
44
44.7
% lone parent households
2.9
0
13
0
2.6%
6.2
6.8
Economic Activity
All people aged 16 to 74
661
107
768
64,658
275,193
% of 16-74 years Employed
66.4
66.4
632
102
66.4%
60.1
60.8
% of 16-74 years Unemployed
2
0
19
0
1.7%
1.9
2
% of 16-74 years inactive (2)
29.5
32.7
281
50
29.9%
36.2
35.1
Qualifications
% of 16-74 years No /level 1 qualifications
52.6
39.3
501
61
50.8%
25.3
26.2
Occupation
% of workforce: managerial and professional occupations
25.1
25.2
159
26
25.2%
25.7
26.1
% of workforce: intermediate occupations
8
9.3
51
9
8.2%
7.4
8.7
% of workforce: small employers and own-account workers
14.4
9.3
91
9
13.6%
11.9
10
% of workforce: lower supervisory and technical occupations
8.2
8.4
52
9
8.3%
6.8
7.2
% of workforce: semi-routine and routine occupations
