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Older residents shape Weymouth: 27% are 65 or over, above Dorset’s towns and England’s towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. 14% are under 15, below both Dorset’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%). Weymouth has a median age of 50.2.

Results at Weymouth’s schools trail 87% of towns in England

Some 5,968 pupils attend Weymouth’s 11 primaries and three secondaries. Of its 17 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. 55% of pupils at the town’s 10 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).

Weymouth has 571 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I

The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.

Per 10,000 residents, Weymouth counts 103 listed buildings, near Dorset’s towns (98) and higher than England’s towns (39). The town’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. Nearly a quarter of homes were built before 1919. Grade II* covers 19 of them, Grade I 3.

More people aged 16 to 64 in Weymouth claim unemployment benefits than in Dorset’s towns or England’s towns: 3%

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.

A household here earns £49K a year before tax, on average. Work in town: 46% of resident commuters. There are 0.7 jobs in Weymouth for each resident in work.

Weymouth gets a C− for cost of living grade

Private rents average £1,056 a month across the Dorset council area. Social housing holds 13% of households, above Dorset’s towns (12%) but below England’s towns (18%). Half of the 2,767 standard sales inside Weymouth’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £280,000.

Violent crime runs high in Weymouth: 37.7 per 1,000 residents a year, above Dorset’s towns and England’s towns

Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.

Burglary and damage came to 11.7 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Dorset’s towns (7.8) and England’s towns (9.4). Police figures for Weymouth’s built-up area: 3,847 crimes and 1,595 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Weymouth records less crime per resident than 78% of the 207 UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 52% of recorded crime.

More people in Weymouth live with a disability than in Dorset’s towns or across England’s towns: 23%

The nearest A&E to Weymouth is Dorset County Hospital, 6.6 miles away. At the census, 78% of people in Weymouth called their health good or very good, below Dorset’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. 6.3% of residents report bad or very bad health. 4 GP practices serve the town; just over four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.