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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
134
Population
280
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚ME10 5BJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
280
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
66
Married
98
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
34
Widowed
17

Health

Population
280
Very good
138
Good
99
Fair
32
Bad
9
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚ME10 5BJ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
280
White British
261
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
9
Mixed Black African
2
Black African
6

Country of Birth

Population
280
England
261
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
5
Nigeria
3
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1

Religion

Population
280
Christian
182
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
82
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
153
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
9
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚ME10 5BJ❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
11
Unemployed
8
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
66
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
1
Detached
4
Semi detached
13
Terraced
118

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
47
Two people
48
Three people
20
Four people
18
Five 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