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Administrative Areas

Ward
West Bay
Local Authority
Canterbury
County
Kent
Constituency
North Thanet
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
124
Population
359
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚CT6 8LY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
359
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
50%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
69
Married
130
Separated
7
Divorced
26
Widowed
43

Health

Population
359
Very good
155
Good
109
Fair
60
Bad
22
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚CT6 8LY❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
111

Ethnicity

Population
359
White British
336
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
2
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
2
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
359
England
332
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
2
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Portugal
2
Turkey
2
South Africa
2
China
2
India
2
USA
1
North America - Other
3
South America
2

Religion

Population
359
Christian
211
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
Sikh
4
Other
1
No religion
73
Not stated
65

Industry

Population
134
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
14
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
207
England❚CT6 8LY❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
17
Unemployed
9
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
14
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
12
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
3
Detached
38
Semi detached
59
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
30
Two people
43
Three people
18
Four people
17
Five people
12
Six people
3
Seven people
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