Docker, Cumbria
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 Haygarth |
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| Docker shown within Cumbria | |
| Population | 260 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SD5695 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KENDAL |
| Postcode district | LA8 |
| Dialling code | 01539 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Docker is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. Docker is located 4.3 miles North West of the market town of Kendal in Cumbria.
In 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson's from the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Docker as: "a township in Kendal parish, Westmoreland; near the river Mint and the Lancaster and Carlisle railway 3 miles ENE of Kendal"
Diana Whalley 2006 'A Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names', English Place Name Society, has this name as either place-name 'the shielling at the hollow' or 'the shielling where the plant called dock grows' (from Old Norse erg = "summer pasture", taken from Irish airge), or a personal name which "may have been a link with the family traced in Parker 1918" (Parker CA 'A pedigree of the family of Docker'. CW2 18, 161–73). Whalley also refers to "the same problematic syllable in Dockray and ... Dockray Nook" (NY3921 & NY0820).
The population in 2001 was 55. By the next census in 2011, the population for the parish had more than quadrupled. The population fluctuations in Docker can be seen in the graph showing the census data every 10 years since 1801. There was no census taken in 1941. This is most likely to have been down to a change in the boundaries of the Parish. It may have been thought having a parish with a population of 55 was not significant enough and as a result the council may have changed the boundaries to even out the distribution. The population in 2011 is the highest it has ever been since records began in 1801.
The male population for Docker was slightly higher than the female population according to the 2011 census. There was 135 males to 125 females. It is fair to say that agriculture is an industry that is predominantly male.
The number of people aged 16 and over with 5 or more GCSEs grade A-C (or equivalent) was 10.63%, 4.67% lower than the national average.
In 2011 there were 161 residents in Docker that were between the ages of 16 and 74 and in employment. The occupations of the people usually resident at the time of the 2011 census between the ages of 16 and 74 are shown in the pie chart for 2011. The largest population percentage is Professional Occupations category with 23%. The percentage of Skilled Trades Occupations is well above the average for England of 11.4% compared to 17.4% in Docker. Docker is in the countryside so this is due to the thriving agricultural industry in the area. As a result, higher qualifications may be unnecessary for the industry in Docker.
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