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Eggardon · Dorset

Eggardon: your neighbourhood

Eggardon electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 38.1% here, compared with 31.5% across Dorset (6.6 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 11.9% here, compared with 15.8% across Dorset (3.9 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 11.4% here, compared with 15.1% across Dorset (3.7 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

29.6%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

1,565 out of 5,285.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

4.2%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

224 out of 5,301.

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People counted in the census

5,297

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

5,297 out of 5,297.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

38.1%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

1,695 out of 4,448.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

45.5%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

1,048 out of 2,301.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

11.4%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

262 out of 2,301.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

43.6%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,952 out of 4,476.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

54.7%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,449 out of 4,476.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.7%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

119 out of 4,476.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

11.9%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

528 out of 4,448.

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Homes rented privately

19%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

436 out of 2,312.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

31.2%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,395 out of 4,476.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

10%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

223 out of 2,312.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

1.7%

21 March 2021 · Eggardon

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

75 out of 4,476.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Eggardon ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

122 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 147 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Eggardon ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 24 mapped crimes in September 2024; 21 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Eggardon
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024240
October 2024170
November 202452
December 202490
January 2025110
February 2025170
March 2025100
April 2025163
May 2025115
June 2025132
July 202575
August 202574
September 202581
October 202591
November 2025101
December 202572
January 2026101
February 202670
March 202662
April 202698
May 2026113
June 2026110
July 2026133
August 2026211
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Eggardon
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime50
other theft23
criminal damage arson17
public order10
burglary7
vehicle crime6
shoplifting4
other crime2
theft from the person1
bicycle theft1
possession of weapons1
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

Police data and method →

What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Dorset →