Dorset

Unitary County in South West England

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21
Dorset	Unitary County	346,115	365,153	379,579
Abbotsbury	Parish	505	481	455	→
Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle	Parish	462	436	454	→
Alderholt	Parish	3,113	3,171	3,196	→
Allington	Parish	614	766	930	→
Alton Pancras	Parish	145	175	140	→
Anderson	Parish	...	...	...	→
Arne	Parish	1,344	1,297	1,358	→
Ashmore	Parish	162	188	176	→
Askerswell	Parish	150	154	160	→
Athelhampton	Parish	...	...	...	→
Batcombe	Parish	...	...	...	→
Beaminster	Parish	2,959	3,136	3,177	→
Beer Hackett	Parish	...	...	...	→
Bere Regis	Parish	1,797	1,745	1,753	→
Bettiscombe	Parish	...	...	...	→
Bincombe	Parish	514	514	512	→
Bishop's Caundle	Parish	369	398	413	→
Blandford Forum	Parish	8,892	10,325	10,355	→
Blandford St. Mary	Parish	1,233	1,511	1,582	→
Bloxworth	Parish	187	200	193	→
Bothenhampton	Parish	2,186	2,131	2,099	→
Bourton	Parish	772	822	947	→
Bradford Abbas	Parish	999	975	973	→
Bradford Peverell	Parish	344	370	357	→
Bradpole	Parish	2,270	2,339	2,319	→
Bridport	Parish	7,743	8,332	8,196	→
Broadmayne	Parish	1,179	1,204	1,283	→
Broadwindsor	Parish	1,283	1,378	1,386	→
Bryanston	Parish	968	925	999	→
Buckhorn Weston	Parish	330	356	360	→
Buckland Newton	Parish	618	622	671	→
Burleston	Parish	...	...	...	→
Burstock	Parish	109	120	132	→
Burton Bradstock	Parish	979	948	934	→
Cann	Parish	955	822	954	→
Castleton	Parish	146	155	181	→
Catherston Leweston	Parish	...	...	...	→
Cattistock	Parish	487	509	539	→
Caundle Marsh	Parish	...	...	...	→
Cerne Abbas	Parish	742	784	866	→
Chalbury	Parish	140	143	158	→
Chaldon Herring	Parish	166	140	154	→
Charlton Marshall	Parish	1,150	1,156	1,241	→
Charminster	Parish	1,941	2,940	3,354	→
Charmouth	Parish	1,340	1,352	1,338	→
Chedington	Parish	...	...	...	→
Cheselbourne	Parish	301	296	305	→
Chetnole	Parish	368	344	375	→
Chettle	Parish	...	...	...	→
Chickerell	Parish	5,282	5,515	6,294	→
Chideock	Parish	686	686	701	→
Chilcombe	Parish	...	...	...	→
Child Okeford	Parish	1,065	1,114	1,160	→
Chilfrome	Parish	...	...	...	→
Church Knowle	Parish	303	261	289	→
Clifton Maybank	Parish	...	...	...	→
Colehill	Parish	7,425	7,379	7,285	→
Compton Abbas	Parish	200	216	204	→
Compton Valence	Parish	...	...	...	→
Coombe Keynes	Parish	...	...	...	→
Corfe Castle	Parish	1,429	1,355	1,288	→
Corfe Mullen	Parish	10,147	10,133	10,379	→
Corscombe	Parish	465	445	505	→
Cranborne	Parish	779	779	709	→
Crichel (Moor Crichel)	Parish	262	246	267	→
Crossways	Parish	2,019	2,267	2,493	→
Dewlish	Parish	254	284	248	→
Dorchester	Parish	16,170	19,060	21,366	→
Durweston	Parish	428	398	380	→
East Chelborough	Parish	...	...	...	→
East Holme	Parish	...	...	...	→
East Lulworth	Parish	251	246	241	→
East Orchard	Parish	249	223	259	→
East Stoke	Parish	496	504	433	→
East Stour	Parish	548	573	603	→
Edmondsham	Parish	200	188	204	→
Evershot	Parish	289	334	294	→
Farnham	Parish	204	183	187	→
Ferndown Town	Parish	15,507	16,633	17,501	→
Fifehead Magdalen	Parish	...	...	...	→
Fifehead Neville	Parish	127	147	140	→
Fleet	Parish	...	...	...	→
Folke	Parish	359	339	371	→
Fontmell Magna	Parish	671	734	676	→
Frampton	Parish	456	524	510	→
Frome St. Quintin	Parish	157	171	165	→
Frome Vauchurch	Parish	154	149	169	→
Gillingham	Parish	9,324	11,756	11,504	→
Glanvilles Wootton	Parish	201	196	198	→
Goathill	Parish	...	...	...	→
Godmanstone	Parish	171	156	187	→
Gussage All Saints	Parish	192	208	245	→
Gussage St. Michael	Parish	219	211	198	→
Halstock	Parish	470	546	527	→
Hammoon	Parish	...	...	...	→
Hanford	Parish	...	...	...	→
Haydon	Parish	...	...	...	→
Hazelbury Bryan	Parish	856	1,059	1,075	→
Hermitage	Parish	...	...	...	→
Hilfield	Parish	335	324	342	→
Hilton	Parish	489	477	479	→
Hinton (Hinton Martell)	Parish	424	409	442	→
Hinton St. Mary	Parish	221	240	227	→
Holnest	Parish	364	342	334	→
Holt	Parish	1,265	1,273	1,315	→
Holwell	Parish	380	369	404	→
Hooke	Parish	118	157	149	→
Horton	Parish	414	461	490	→
Ibberton	Parish	134	101	111	→
Iwerne Courtney or Shroton	Parish	579	541	517	→
Iwerne Minster	Parish	890	978	932	→
Iwerne Stepleton	Parish	...	...	...	→
Kimmeridge	Parish	...	...	...	→
Kingston Russell	Parish	...	...	...	→
Kington Magna	Parish	376	389	351	→
Langton Herring	Parish	235	240	227	→
Langton Long Blandford	Parish	...	...	504	→
Langton Matravers	Parish	973	853	869	→
Leigh	Parish	509	480	481	→
Leweston	Parish	...	...	...	→
Lillington	Parish	...	...	...	→
Littlebredy	Parish	120	121	120	→
Litton Cheney	Parish	348	359	355	→
Loders	Parish	502	518	540	→
Long Bredy	Parish	202	208	191	→
Longburton	Parish	435	470	525	→
Lydlinch	Parish	431	437	442	→
Lyme Regis	Parish	3,513	3,671	3,743	→
Lytchett Matravers	Parish	3,309	3,424	3,571	→
Lytchett Minster and Upton	Parish	7,573	7,983	8,652	→
Maiden Newton	Parish	952	1,119	1,127	→
Manston	Parish	184	225	211	→
Mapperton	Parish	...	...	...	→
Mappowder	Parish	137	166	171	→
Margaret Marsh	Parish	...	...	...	→
Marnhull	Parish	1,951	1,998	2,036	→
Marshwood	Parish	346	346	368	→
Melbury Abbas	Parish	301	305	301	→
Melbury Bubb	Parish	...	...	...	→
Melbury Osmond	Parish	223	199	204	→
Melbury Sampford	Parish	...	...	...	→
Melcombe Horsey	Parish	141	141	139	→
Milborne St. Andrew	Parish	1,042	1,062	1,089	→
Milton Abbas	Parish	766	755	730	→
Minterne Magna	Parish	188	184	180	→
Morden	Parish	325	323	318	→
Moreton	Parish	270	373	347	→
Mosterton	Parish	626	604	773	→
Motcombe	Parish	1,404	1,474	1,369	→
Netherbury	Parish	1,276	1,314	1,355	→
Nether Cerne	Parish	...	...	...	→
Nether Compton	Parish	303	328	403	→
North Poorton	Parish	...	...	...	→
North Wootton	Parish	...	...	...	→
Oborne	Parish	115	101	111	→
Okeford Fitzpaine	Parish	979	913	997	→
Osmington	Parish	609	673	586	→
Over Compton	Parish	158	183	168	→
Owermoigne	Parish	450	467	506	→
Pamphill	Parish	704	658	651	→
Piddlehinton	Parish	379	403	446	→
Piddletrenthide	Parish	691	647	688	→
Pilsdon	Parish	...	...	...	→
Pimperne	Parish	995	1,109	1,101	→
Portesham	Parish	708	685	735	→
Portland	Parish	12,779	12,844	13,562	→
Powerstock	Parish	436	358	397	→
Poxwell	Parish	...	...	...	→
Poyntington	Parish	135	128	132	→
Puddletown	Parish	1,220	1,405	1,511	→
Pulham	Parish	211	269	261	→
Puncknowle	Parish	429	466	426	→
Purse Caundle	Parish	209	221	211	→
Rampisham	Parish	165	163	183	→
Ryme Intrinseca	Parish	130	115	125	→
Sandford Orcas	Parish	195	180	184	→
Seaborough	Parish	...	...	...	→
Shaftesbury	Parish	6,665	7,314	9,162	→
Shapwick	Parish	190	199	175	→
Sherborne	Parish	9,349	9,523	10,365	→
Shillingstone	Parish	1,008	1,170	1,165	→
Shipton Gorge	Parish	333	381	385	→
Silton	Parish	134	123	120	→
Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge	Parish	1,390	1,428	1,417	→
South Perrott	Parish	334	367	311	→
Spetisbury	Parish	542	555	586	→
Stalbridge	Parish	2,579	2,698	2,669	→
Stanton St. Gabriel	Parish	...	...	...	→
Steeple with Tyneham	Parish	204	206	184	→
Stinsford	Parish	346	334	315	→
St. Leonards and St. Ives	Parish	6,672	6,859	7,905	→
Stockwood	Parish	...	...	...	→
Stoke Abbott	Parish	258	238	248	→
Stoke Wake	Parish	...	...	...	→
Stourpaine	Parish	608	617	642	→
Stour Provost	Parish	560	579	573	→
Stourton Caundle	Parish	408	439	448	→
Stratton	Parish	436	592	627	→
Studland	Parish	540	425	406	→
Sturminster Marshall	Parish	1,895	1,969	1,975	→
Sturminster Newton	Parish	3,104	4,292	4,408	→
Sutton Waldron	Parish	192	200	225	→
Swanage	Parish	10,124	9,601	9,430	→
Swyre	Parish	109	102	102	→
Sydling St. Nicholas	Parish	401	414	432	→
Symondsbury	Parish	1,020	1,059	1,084	→
Tarrant Crawford	Parish	...	...	...	→
Tarrant Gunville	Parish	236	233	247	→
Tarrant Hinton	Parish	275	280	264	→
Tarrant Keyneston	Parish	296	310	305	→
Tarrant Launceston	Parish	414	498	330	→
Tarrant Monkton	Parish	2,371	1,986	1,337	→
Tarrant Rawston	Parish	...	...	...	→
Tarrant Rushton	Parish	187	166	164	→
Thorncombe	Parish	714	687	700	→
Thornford	Parish	920	939	899	→
Tincleton	Parish	209	236	229	→
Todber	Parish	124	140	140	→
Toller Fratrum	Parish	...	...	...	→
Toller Porcorum	Parish	292	307	325	→
Tolpuddle	Parish	358	452	517	→
Trent	Parish	320	317	310	→
Turnworth	Parish	...	...	...	→
Up Cerne	Parish	...	...	...	→
Verwood	Parish	13,680	14,852	15,181	→
Wareham St. Martin	Parish	2,752	2,774	2,613	→
Wareham Town	Parish	5,665	5,496	5,877	→
Warmwell	Parish	144	161	152	→
West Chelborough	Parish	...	...	...	→
West Compton	Parish	...	...	...	→
West Knighton	Parish	415	375	383	→
West Lulworth	Parish	766	714	640	→
West Moors	Parish	7,198	7,561	7,408	→
West Orchard	Parish	...	...	...	→
West Parley	Parish	3,532	3,585	3,659	→
West Stafford	Parish	270	291	284	→
West Stour	Parish	275	271	276	→
Weymouth	Parish	50,869	52,323	53,427	→
Whitchurch Canonicorum	Parish	647	684	670	→
Whitcombe	Parish	...	...	...	→
Wimborne Minster	Parish	7,150	7,524	9,244	→
Wimborne St. Giles	Parish	366	377	391	→
Winfrith Newburgh	Parish	718	669	687	→
Winterborne Came	Parish	...	...	...	→
Winterborne Clenston	Parish	...	...	...	→
Winterborne Herringston	Parish	168	174	187	→
Winterborne Houghton	Parish	195	183	171	→
Winterborne Kingston	Parish	613	643	719	→
Winterborne Monkton	Parish	...	...	...	→
Winterborne Stickland	Parish	666	653	685	→
Winterborne St. Martin	Parish	754	755	732	→
Winterborne Whitechurch	Parish	694	757	734	→
Winterborne Zelston	Parish	213	203	191	→
Winterbourne Abbas	Parish	295	355	390	→
Winterbourne Steepleton	Parish	295	297	288	→
Witchampton	Parish	377	398	411	→
Woodlands	Parish	544	522	531	→
Woodsford	Parish	...	...	...	→
Wool	Parish	4,118	5,310	5,378	→
Woolland	Parish	123	130	133	→
Wootton Fitzpaine	Parish	347	345	351	→
Worth Matravers	Parish	644	638	664	→
Wraxall	Parish	...	...	...	→
Wynford Eagle	Parish	163	186	193	→
Yetminster	Parish	1,095	1,105	1,199	→
South West England	Region	4,928,434	5,288,935	5,701,186

Source: UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Explanation: Parishes as at May 2022. All population and corresponding area figures of parishes are based on assigning output areas by using population-weighted centroids. Thus, slight discrepancies are possible compared to the actual parish boundaries that are depicted in the map. No population figures (and the actual area) are provided for parishes smaller than output areas.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	184,414
Females	195,168

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	66,087
18-64 years	201,216
65+ years	112,279

Age Distribution (C 2021)
80+ years	31,954
70-79 years	53,308
60-69 years	55,818
50-59 years	56,679
40-49 years	40,451
30-39 years	36,658
20-29 years	32,053
10-19 years	39,476
0-9 years	33,185

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	354,852
EU	11,242
Europe (other)	1,061
Middle East & Asia	5,315
Africa	3,645
Other country	3,464

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	368,415
Asian	4,305
Black	1,082
Arab	223
Mixed/multiple	4,436
Other ethnic group	1,119

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	195,676
Muslim	1,562
Hindu	714
Sikh	117
Buddhist	1,613
Jewish	453
Other religion	2,361
No religion	152,267

Located in:

Dorset unitary county