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Administrative Areas

Ward
Folkestone Central
Local Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
County
Kent
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
243
Population
458
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
214
England❚CT20 1DS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
61
C2 Skilled manual workers
45
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
79

Age Groups

Population
458
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
393
Single
183
Married
107
Separated
22
Divorced
43
Widowed
38

Health

Population
458
Very good
175
Good
167
Fair
82
Bad
27
Very bad
43

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
393
England❚CT20 1DS❚
Degree or above
57
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
61
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
115

Ethnicity

Population
458
White British
365
White Irish
9
White Gypsy
6
White Other
36
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
10
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
6
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
458
England
355
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
13
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Germany
4
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Poland
21
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
8
Hong Kong
4
India
4
Pakistan
1
Philippines
3
USA
1
Central America
3

Religion

Population
458
Christian
223
Buddhist
6
Hindu
10
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
159
Not stated
56

Industry

Population
204
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
25
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
14
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
344
England❚CT20 1DS❚
Full-Time employee
136
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
31
Unemployed
40
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
27
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
15
Unemployed 50 - 74
11
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
243
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
11
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
156
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
250
Occupied
243
Unoccupied
7
Detached
5
Semi detached
32
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
69
Flat - converted
131
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
243
One person
141
Two people
62
Three people
19
Four people
12
Five people
5
Six people
1
Seven people
2
Eight or over
1

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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