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Administrative Areas

Ward
Downham
Local Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham East
Region
London
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
196
Population
513
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
159
England❚BR1 5PE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
53
C2 Skilled manual workers
43
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
46

Age Groups

Population
513
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
382
Single
176
Married
116
Civil partnership
1
Separated
15
Divorced
46
Widowed
28

Health

Population
513
Very good
225
Good
179
Fair
79
Bad
22
Very bad
46

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
382
England❚BR1 5PE❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
69
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
64
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
32
No qualifications
100

Ethnicity

Population
513
White British
246
White Irish
5
White Other
19
Mixed Black Caribbean
14
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
11
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
9
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
23
Black African
46
Black Caribbean
61
Black Other
26
Arab
3
Other
34

Country of Birth

Population
513
England
393
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Ireland
4
France
3
Germany
1
Italy
2
Portugal
3
Spain
3
Poland
4
Ghana
2
Nigeria
23
Somalia
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Bangladesh
6
Sri Lanka
10
Philippines
2
North America - Other
1
South America
7
Carribean
20
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
513
Christian
308
Buddhist
4
Hindu
16
Muslim
23
Other
3
No religion
113
Not stated
46

Industry

Population
225
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
19
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
27
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
363
England❚BR1 5PE❚
Full-Time employee
133
Part-Time employee
61
Self employed
21
Unemployed
30
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
46
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
196
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - council
35
Rented - other social
67
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
198
Occupied
196
Unoccupied
2
Detached
20
Semi detached
29
Terraced
123
Flat - purpose built
20
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
196
One person
56
Two people
51
Three people
36
Four people
28
Five people
17
Six people
7
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

BR1 5QJ BR1 5PJ BR1 5PS BR1 5PQ BR1 5PF BR1 5EY BR1 5SG BR1 5EZ BR1 5EU BR1 5ES BR1 5ET BR1 5NQ BR1 5NG BR1 5LA BR1 5ER BR1 5NA BR1 5NB BR1 5LX BR1 5PB BR1 5LY BR1 5LZ BR1 5ND BR1 5NF BR1 5EX BR1 5NJ BR1 5NW BR1 5NH BR1 5NP BR1 5HB BR1 5HD BR1 5SH BR1 5HA BR1 5HH BR1 5NL BR1 5NN BR1 5HL BR1 5HJ BR1 5JU BR1 5JX

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019