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The table below covers tenure and shows the proportion of all households whose home is owned outright (with no mortgage), is private rented or is social rented.  It also shows the proportion of all households who don’t own or have access to a car or van.  See footnote for more detail on definitions.

Parish council name

Tenure: proportion of households whose home is:

Proportion households with no car

Owned outright

Private rented

Social rented

Allington

39%

18%

17%

10%

Bothenhampton & Wald.

68%

  8%

  4%

10%

Bradpole

57%

12%

10%

11%

Bridport

42%

19%

23%

24%

Burton Bradstock

64%

12%

12%

10%

Charmouth

54%

13%

15%

16%

Char Valley

64%

12%

  6%

  5%

Chideock

64%

12%

  9%

  9%

Litton Cheney

56%

17%

  0%

  5%

Loders

60%

16%

  5%

  7%

Netherbury

51%

15%

10%

  4%

Puncknowle & Swyre

63%

16%

  4%

  8%

Shipton Gorge

59%

12%

12%

  5%

Symondsbury

60%

22%

  1%

12%

 

 

 

 

 

Dorset (county)

46%

16%

12%

14%

England

33%

21%

17%

24%

Footnotes:

A home owned outright means there is no outstanding mortgage.  Social rented is from a housing association or local authority.  The right-hand column shows the proportion of (all) households who have no car or van either owned by them or available to them.

Housing and access findings:

  • Outright home ownership was much higher in the BLAP area than it was across England as a whole and was typically higher than across Dorset as a whole. This may, at least in part, reflect the older demographic in the BLAP area.
  • All 14 BLAP parishes had a higher proportion of outright home ownership than across England as a whole. The highest rates of outright home ownership were found in Bothenhampton & Walditch, Burton Bradstock, Char Valley and Puncknowle & Swyre.  The lowest rates were found in Allington and Bridport.
  • In 13 of the 14 BLAP parishes the proportion of households in private rented homes was lower than across England as a whole (albeit by a small difference in a couple of cases). The exception, with a relatively high level of private renting, was Symondsbury parish, perhaps partly explained by the Symondsbury Estate.  The level of private renting was especially low in Bothenhamton & Walditch.
  • In 12 of the 14 BLAP parishes the proportion of households in social rented homes was lower than across England as a whole. The exceptions were Bridport and Allington.  Levels of social renting were especially low in very rural parishes such as Litton Cheney (where there was none), Symondsbury, Puncknowle & Swyre, Loders and Char Valley, though also very low in Bothenhampton & Walditch.
  • Unsurprisingly car ownership is high in the BLAP area, where there are few public transport options and where travel to reach services or jobs is often a necessity. In 13 of the 14 BLAP parishes the proportion of households with no car was lower than across England as a whole.  The exception was the Bridport Town Council area.  Parishes with the lowest proportion of carless households were Netherbury, Char Valley, Litton Cheney and Shipton Gorge.

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