Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 30 min4:58 am – 9:27 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 58 min8:10 am – 4:08 pm
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People7,665 residentsin the Burton Bradstock & Chideock census areaMedian age 56.73,497 households74% of homes owner-occupied56% owned outright9% social rented, 16% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 3,309 in work, 38% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 13%, construction 11%Getting to work: 32% work from home, 56% go by car, 10% walk or cycle57% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages36% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month February: highs 9°C, lows 3°C898 mm of rain a year, 28 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November23 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksWest Bay Beachbeach · 1.0 miEast Beachbeach · 1.2 miWest Cliffcliffs · under a mileEype Mouthwater · under a mileThorncombe Beaconhill · under a mileFrogmore Hillhill · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesBridport and West Dorset Golf Clubgolf course · 1.5 mi · 48 haRiverside Gardenspark · 1.6 miFlaxhayes Playing Fieldpark · 1.6 miSt Marys Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.0 mi · 2 haThe Greenpark · 2.1 miPine Viewallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes23 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 5 Dec 201929 mi away, Bridgwater, SomersetMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202612 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 3.0 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 7.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband30% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,965 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation35 m115 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -1 to 151 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBridport Community Hospital1.5 miGP surgeryAmmonite Health Partnership1.1 miPharmacyBridport Pharmacy3 pharmacies within 2 miles1.1 miDentistColosseum Dental (Allington)1.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools4 primaryPrimaryBridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 194 pupilsunder a milePrimarySymondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary Schoolages 4-11, 107 pupils1.2 miSecondaryThe Sir John Colfox Academyages 11-18, 756 pupils2.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportExeter International Airport EXT28 miMajor airportBristol Airport BRS46 miRailway stationMaiden Newton10 miBus stationBus StationBridport1.2 miFerryWeymouth Ferry Terminal17 miBus stops8 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DT6 postcode district.
