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Administrative Areas

Ward
Shepway South
Local Authority
Maidstone
County
Kent
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
135
Population
306
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚ME15 8AP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
306
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
60
Married
155
Separated
10
Divorced
13
Widowed
21

Health

Population
306
Very good
116
Good
110
Fair
59
Bad
19
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚ME15 8AP❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
306
White British
290
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
5
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
306
England
293
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Spain
1
Nigeria
1
Middle East
2
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
306
Christian
231
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
No religion
53
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
130
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
9
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
215
England❚ME15 8AP❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
23
Unemployed
5
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
67
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
2
Detached
15
Semi detached
105
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
35
Two people
59
Three people
21
Four people
12
Five people
6
Six people
2

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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