Wareham is a historical market community as well as, under the name Wareham Community, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The community is positioned on the River Frome eight miles (13 km) southwest of Poole. The population of Wareham according to the 2001 UK Census was 5,665 living in 2,545 homes. 99% of Wareham's population are of White ethnic background. 80.33% of the population state their faith as Christian, 12.24% as "No religion" with 6.59% not mentioned. There is a high proportion of older people in the town: 29.4% of the population are over 60 years of ages, against a nationwide standard of 21%. The largest market of work for those that stay in Wareham is producing which uses 16.3%. Three other considerable locations of work are: wholesale and also retail trade; repair service of car (13.5%), realty renting as well as business activities (12.2%) and also health and also community service (10.5%).