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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
123
Population
327
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚ME15 8QY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
327
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
84
Married
136
Separated
2
Divorced
18
Widowed
15

Health

Population
327
Very good
183
Good
103
Fair
34
Bad
4
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚ME15 8QY❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
327
White British
322
White Irish
1
White Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
327
England
311
Scotland
5
Ireland
1
Poland
3
South Africa
3
Philippines
1
Central America
2

Religion

Population
327
Christian
206
Jewish
1
No religion
97
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
178
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
17
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
234
England❚ME15 8QY❚
Full-Time employee
123
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
21
Unemployed
10
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
61
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
2
Detached
24
Semi detached
90
Terraced
8
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
29
Two people
34
Three people
24
Four people
26
Five people
6
Six people
4

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