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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
119
Population
327
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚ME15 8TE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
327
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
244
Single
80
Married
122
Separated
5
Divorced
31
Widowed
6

Health

Population
327
Very good
193
Good
113
Fair
15
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
244
England❚ME15 8TE❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
327
White British
305
White Irish
2
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Pakistani
1
Black African
5
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
327
England
297
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Spain
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
327
Christian
208
Muslim
3
No religion
92
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
200
Manufacturing
11
Construction
30
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
22
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚ME15 8TE❚
Full-Time employee
112
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
37
Unemployed
6
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
70
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
4
Detached
67
Semi detached
28
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
27
Two people
27
Three people
28
Four people
29
Five people
5
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

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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