At a 2001 UK census North Dorset had the population of 61,905, a rise of 8,300 from either 1991, with 25,248 house.

Settlements
Anderson, Ashmore Belchalwell, Blandford Forum, Bourton, Bryanston, Buckhorn Weston Cann, Charlton Marshall, Chettle, Child Okeford, Compton Abbas Durweston East Orchard, East Stour Farnham, Fifehead Magdalen, Fifehead Neville, Fontmell Magna Gillingham, Glanvilles Wootton Hilton, Hinton St Mary Ibberton, Iwerne Courtney, Iwerne Minster Kington Magna Lydlinch Manston, Mappowder, Marnhull, Melbury Abbas, Milborne St Andrew, Milton Abbas, Motcombe Okeford Fitzpaine Pimperne, Pulham Shaftesbury, Shillingstone, Silton, Spetisbury, Stalbridge, Stourpaine, Stour Provost, Stourton Caundle, Stour Row, Sturminster Newton, Sutton Waldron Tarrant Gunville, Tarrant Hinton, Tarrant Kayneston, Tarrant Launceston, Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Rushton, Todber, Turnworth West Orchard, West Stour, Winterborne Houghton, Winterborne Kingston, Winterborne Stickland, Winterborne Whitechurch, Winterborne Zelston, Woolland