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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
129
Population
299
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚ME15 8UU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
55
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
81
Married
103
Separated
4
Divorced
37
Widowed
8

Health

Population
299
Very good
172
Good
106
Fair
18
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚ME15 8UU❚
Degree or above
53
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
272
White Irish
2
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
276
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Spain
1
Poland
3
India
3
Philippines
1
North America - Other
3
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
299
Christian
186
Jewish
1
Sikh
5
No religion
90
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
189
Mining
2
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
45
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
14
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚ME15 8UU❚
Full-Time employee
115
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
30
Unemployed
5
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
15
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
83
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
2
Detached
11
Semi detached
84
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
35
Two people
42
Three people
30
Four people
20
Five people
2

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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