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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
230
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚ME15 8XR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
230
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
199
Single
77
Married
81
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
28
Widowed
6

Health

Population
230
Very good
125
Good
74
Fair
24
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
199
England❚ME15 8XR❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
230
White British
219
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
230
England
211
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Italy
1
Turkey
1
Kenya
2
India
1
Sri Lanka
2

Religion

Population
230
Christian
147
Buddhist
1
Hindu
7
Muslim
4
Other
1
No religion
55
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
157
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
14
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
193
England❚ME15 8XR❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
31
Unemployed
4
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
61
Shared ownership
2
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
4
Detached
15
Semi detached
50
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
47
Two people
43
Three people
20
Four people
8
Five 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