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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
78
Population
229
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
63
England❚ME15 8DE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
229
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
172
Single
59
Married
77
Separated
3
Divorced
25
Widowed
8

Health

Population
229
Very good
95
Good
97
Fair
27
Bad
5
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
172
England❚ME15 8DE❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
229
White British
223
White Irish
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
229
England
216
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
South Africa
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
229
Christian
125
No religion
78
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
113
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
18
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
166
England❚ME15 8DE❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
19
Unemployed
10
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
78
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
41
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
79
Occupied
78
Unoccupied
1
Detached
21
Semi detached
30
Terraced
28

Household Size

All categoies
78
One person
13
Two people
19
Three people
16
Four people
22
Five people
6
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

ME15 8TN ME15 8UT ME15 8SQ ME15 8SG ME15 8UP ME15 8SN ME15 8TH ME15 8TJ ME15 8XW ME15 8XG ME15 8TG ME15 8XR ME15 8XQ ME15 8TB ME15 8UR ME15 8SP ME15 8XJ ME15 8XN ME15 8UU ME15 8UF ME15 8XL ME15 8UG ME15 8TE ME15 8XH ME15 8SE

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