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Administrative Areas

Ward
The Meads
Local Authority
Swale
County
Kent
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
157
Population
441
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
136
England❚ME10 5AL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
49
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
441
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
324
Single
82
Married
197
Separated
19
Divorced
19
Widowed
7

Health

Population
441
Very good
247
Good
151
Fair
33
Bad
6
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
324
England❚ME10 5AL❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
74
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
441
White British
395
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
20
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
6
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
441
England
402
Scotland
1
Wales
3
Ireland
3
France
3
Germany
1
Italy
1
Spain
4
Poland
2
Turkey
3
Nigeria
1
South Africa
4
China
2
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Sri Lanka
4
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
441
Christian
276
Buddhist
1
Hindu
10
Jewish
1
Muslim
4
Other
2
No religion
118
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
227
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
50
Transport and storage
18
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
17
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
317
England❚ME10 5AL❚
Full-Time employee
151
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
26
Unemployed
14
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
157
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
93
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
163
Occupied
157
Unoccupied
6
Detached
105
Semi detached
24
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - in commerical building
4
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
157
One person
23
Two people
48
Three people
37
Four people
36
Five people
11
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

ME10 5SN ME10 5BA ME10 5AT ME10 5AQ ME10 5AP ME10 5BP ME10 5JA ME10 5TP ME10 5TA ME10 5NA ME10 5JX ME10 5AR ME10 5AN ME10 5JF ME10 5JE ME10 5JD ME10 5JB ME10 5JH ME10 5JG ME10 5AZ ME10 5NE ME10 5JP ME10 5JQ ME10 5NZ ME10 5JZ ME10 5JY ME10 5NF ME10 5FE ME10 5JR ME10 5JS ME10 5LG ME10 5JW ME10 2QL ME10 2BS ME10 5LD ME10 5JT ME10 2BP ME10 5JU ME10 2BT ME10 2DB ME10 2DD

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