Melplash, Dorset

If you are thinking of moving to Melplash or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Melplash to figures for Dorset and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Melplash is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.

Melplash Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics

Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Melplash has 20% less Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.

Melplash Benefits & Unemployment Statistics

After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment figures as a percentage of the working population and has no further plans to do so. They do however publish the number of Universal Credit claimants in every local district council. We have taken the LDC that includes and compared it to the nearest councils. Please be aware that Universal Credit is a in and out of work benefit. Therefore these figures are an indicator of BOTH unemployment and underemployment. Melplash is in the local authority with the highest number of Universal Credit claimants in the area.

These figures below on the claiming of legacy benefits in Melplash are dated . They are the last published statistics of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. Althpugh outdated, these statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in Melplash than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.

Melplash Age Distribution Statistics

The population of Melplash as a whole, is younger than the national average.

Melplash Property Ownership & Rental Statistics

Melplash has a lower rate of home ownership (via a mortgage or owned outright) than the national average, which suggests that Melplash is an economically deprived area.

Melplash General Health Statistics

The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Melplash. The percentage of residents in Melplash rating their health as 'very good' is more than the national average.

Melplash Education Statistics

These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Melplash and are from the UK Census of 2011. Melplash has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average.

Melplash Immigration Statistics

These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Melplash are from the UK Census of 2011.

What is the population of Melplash and Dorset?

The table below contains the populations figures for each ward in Dorset including Melplash. These population ONS figures are estimated are dated Mid 2020.

Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.