Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Dorchester. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Dorchester RegD
Dorchester O41area
Dorchester PLU
Dorchester MB
Dorchester RD
Dorchester SubD
Dorchester USD
Dorchester RDean
Dorchester LabMkt
Dorchester RSD
Dorchester Borough
Dorchester Holy Trinity With Frome Whitfield EP
Dorchester CP
Dorchester St Peter and All Saints EP
Dorchester EP
Dorchester St Peter EP
Dorchester All Saints EP
Dorchester Holy Trinity AP/CP
Dorchester Holy Trinity EP
Dorchester All Saints AP/CP
Dorchester St Peter AP/CP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Dorchester.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Dorchester.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Dorchester PBCon	1832	1885
Dorsetshire Southern PDivCon	1885	1948

Additional constituencies that covered Dorchester may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Dorchester:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Fordington AP/CP
Dorchester All Saints AP/CP
Dorchester CP
Dorchester MB
Dorchester PLU
Dorchester RegD
West Dorset District
Dorset County O41area
Dorset AdmC
Dorset AncC
Dorset
Dorset RegC
the South West GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Dorchester.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Dorsetshire PCon	1832	1884
Dorsetshire Southern PDivCon	1885	1917
Dorsetshire Western PDivCon	1918	1948
West Dorset CCon	1949	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Dorchester. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.