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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
128
Population
300
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚ME15 8TW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
300
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
63
Married
118
Separated
12
Divorced
35
Widowed
11

Health

Population
300
Very good
161
Good
99
Fair
31
Bad
7
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
England❚ME15 8TW❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
300
White British
280
White Gypsy
1
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
1
Black African
2
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
300
England
273
Scotland
4
Wales
4
France
1
Germany
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
1
Romania
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
300
Christian
188
No religion
82
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
183
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
6
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
10
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚ME15 8TW❚
Full-Time employee
120
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
22
Unemployed
6
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
68
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
1
Detached
30
Semi detached
80
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
38
Two people
39
Three people
26
Four people
20
Five people
4
Six people
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