| 1991 CENSUS | 
Chilfrome & Cattistock | | |
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| Parish | Dorset | England & Wales |
| Population, Households & Dwellings | | | |
| Resident Population | 485 | 645,166 | ~ |
| Males | 217 | 307,589 | ~ |
| Females | 268 | 337,577 | ~ |
| Households | 207 | 269,032 | ~ |
| Persons in Households | 486 | 628,461 | ~ |
| Persons not in Households | 0 | 16,705 | ~ |
| Dwellings | 210 | 263,241 | ~ |
| Age Structure | | | |
| 0-15 (%) | 18.35 | 17.28 | 20.07 |
| 16 & 17 (%) | 0.62 | 2.30 | 2.50 |
| 18-44 (%) | 27.01 | 35.07 | 39.42 |
| 45 - Retirement Age (%) | 26.80 | 19.41 | 19.23 |
| Retirement Age & above (%) | 27.22 | 25.94 | 18.78 |
| 85 & above (%) | 1.86 | 2.49 | 1.53 |
| Economic Activity | | | |
| Economically Active Population | 218 | 298,679 | ~ |
| Full-time Employees (%) | 47.71 | 57.00 | 61.63 |
| Part-time Employees (%) | 18.81 | 17.86 | 16.16 |
| Self Employed (%) | 27.06 | 16.61 | 11.76 |
| Unemployed in April 1991 (%) | 5.50 | 7.70 | 9.17 |
| Tenure of Household | | | |
| Owner Occupiers (%) | 72.46 | 75.71 | 67.42 |
| Renting Privately (%) | 16.43 | 11.89 | 8.61 |
| Renting Publicly (%) | 11.11 | 12.40 | 22.80 |
| Household Characteristics | | | |
| Lone Pensioner (%) | 13.73 | 17.82 | 15.02 |
| Long-term Illness within Household (%) | 28.43 | 24.02 | 24.60 |
| Lone Parents (%) | 3.86 | 2.87 | 4.10 |
| Dependent Children (%) | 24.15 | 25.22 | 30.01 |
| Lacking/ Sharing own Bath/Shower and/or WC (%) | 0.00 | 1.44 | 1.33 |
| Without Car (%) | 13.24 | 23.90 | 32.41 |
| With 2 or more Cars (%) | 39.22 | 28.07 | 23.84 |
| Occupational Characteristics | | | |
| Professional, Managerial & Technical (%) | 66.67 | 38.64 | 37.54 |
| Skilled, Manual & Non-Manual (%) | 8.33 | 38.88 | 40.05 |
| Partly Skilled and Unskilled (%) | 25.00 | 17.68 | 18.06 |
| Employment Categories | | | |
| Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (%) | 4.17 | 2.78 | 1.85 |
| Manufacturing (%) | 8.33 | 15.82 | 17.93 |
| Services (incl. Banks & Finance) (%) | 45.83 | 42.17 | 40.31 |
| Qualifications | | | |
| With a Higher Qualification (%) | 15.79 | 13.95 | 13.39 |
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| Source: 1991 Census, Small Area Statistics. Crown Copyright. | |||