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Administrative Areas

Ward
North Downs West
Local Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
County
Kent
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
136
Population
358
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚CT18 8EJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
358
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
67
Married
160
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
25
Widowed
17

Health

Population
358
Very good
192
Good
119
Fair
39
Bad
7
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚CT18 8EJ❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
116
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
358
White British
336
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
5
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
9

Country of Birth

Population
358
England
320
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
3
France
1
Germany
2
Portugal
3
South Africa
2
China
1
India
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
358
Christian
221
Buddhist
6
Other
4
No religion
93
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
180
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
23
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
255
England❚CT18 8EJ❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
39
Unemployed
13
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
2
Detached
52
Semi detached
53
Terraced
31
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
26
Two people
43
Three people
39
Four people
15
Five people
9
Six people
4

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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