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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
118
Population
308
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚ME15 8UP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
308
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
46
Married
147
Separated
6
Divorced
24
Widowed
11

Health

Population
308
Very good
179
Good
104
Fair
16
Bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
England❚ME15 8UP❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
308
White British
288
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
7

Country of Birth

Population
308
England
291
Scotland
1
Wales
1
France
1
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
308
Christian
202
Buddhist
2
Sikh
2
No religion
84
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
161
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
9
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
20
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
212
England❚ME15 8UP❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
26
Unemployed
2
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
15
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
119
Occupied
118
Unoccupied
1
Detached
83
Semi detached
24
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
9

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
24
Two people
40
Three people
22
Four people
23
Five people
8
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