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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 5BS❚
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 5BS❚
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 5BS❚
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 1YR ME10 1YT ME10 1QU ME10 1PR ME10 1QA ME10 1TW ME10 1PS ME10 1PL ME10 1PP ME10 1PJ ME10 1PX ME10 1TS ME10 1TR ME10 1TP ME10 1TT ME10 1TQ ME10 1PY ME10 1TH ME10 1TL ME10 1TU ME10 1UB ME10 1QD ME10 1LX ME10 1LZ ME10 1LU ME10 1LY ME10 1PU ME10 1QQ ME10 1QG ME10 1QF ME10 1PZ ME10 5BG ME10 5BF ME10 5BJ ME10 5BE ME10 5AU ME10 5AW

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