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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
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
119
Population
294
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
England❚ME15 8RU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
294
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
247
Single
51
Married
159
Separated
4
Divorced
17
Widowed
16

Health

Population
294
Very good
138
Good
113
Fair
39
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
247
England❚ME15 8RU❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
294
White British
280
White Irish
1
White Other
11
Mixed Black African
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
294
England
264
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
8
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Lithuania
4
Romania
1
South Africa
3
India
2
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
294
Christian
208
Buddhist
2
No religion
58
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
149
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
9
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
214
England❚ME15 8RU❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
38
Unemployed
6
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
40
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
6
Detached
91
Semi detached
21
Terraced
9
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
18
Two people
58
Three people
20
Four people
17
Five people
4
Six people
2

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