#1Pimperne
2,770 peopleMean household income·£46,910 after tax·#476 of 2,178 in England and Wales
Pimperne, #1 on this list · Photo: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0Dorset rankings · Income
Towns with the highest household incomes in Dorset
Pimperne has the highest household incomes of Dorset’s 32 towns of 2,500+: £63,891 a year before tax, on average (ONS, 2022–23). The typical town here averages £51,753.
ONS small-area income estimates, financial year ending 2023: the mean income of a household before tax (ONS models means, not medians, for small areas), averaged over the town’s neighbourhoods. A described list: no letters. The rank across England and Wales sits beside each figure.
#1£63,891
#2Merley
5,489 peopleMean household income·£46,937 after tax·#504 of 2,178 in England and Wales
#3Corfe Mullen
10,036 peopleMean household income·£42,401 after tax·#605 of 2,178 in England and Wales
All 32 towns, ranked
Mean household income, highest first. Small towns sit inside one ONS area of 5,000 to 15,000 people, so their figure is partly their surroundings’. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England and Wales links to the national list.
32 towns.
#TownMean household incomeAfter taxUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Dorset has the highest household income?
Pimperne: its households average £63,891 a year before tax (£46,910 after). Merley and Corfe Mullen follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By mean household income before tax in ONS’s small-area estimates (April 2022 to March 2023), highest first: each neighbourhood’s figure weighted by its share of the town’s residents.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Dorset’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Dorset is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live30 towns · #1 West ParleyBest small towns16 towns · #1 West ParleyMost affordable towns30 towns · #1 FortuneswellSafest towns30 towns · #1 MerleyTowns with the best schools30 towns · #1 BournemouthHealthiest towns30 towns · #1 Ashley HeathBest towns for jobs & income30 towns · #1 MerleyMost walkable towns30 towns · #1 DorchesterTowns with the lowest flood risk30 towns · #1 Alderholt and 8 moreBest towns for the outdoors30 towns · #1 SwanageMost historic towns30 towns · #1 BridportTowns with the most civic life30 towns · #1 Lytchett MatraversTowns with the lowest council tax32 towns · #1 Bearwood and 2 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters32 towns · #1 SwanageDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers32 towns · #1 BearwoodDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers32 towns · #1 SwanageDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts32 towns · #1 Fortuneswell and WestonDescribed, no lettersDriest towns32 towns · #1 FortuneswellDescribed, no lettersWettest towns32 towns · #1 BeaminsterDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the highest household incomes, county by county
BedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
Sources: ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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