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Administrative Areas

Ward
Higham
Local Authority
Gravesham
County
Kent
Constituency
Gravesham
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
121
Population
361
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
England❚ME2 3WU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
282
Single
56
Married
196
Separated
4
Divorced
14
Widowed
12

Health

Population
361
Very good
195
Good
122
Fair
39
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
282
England❚ME2 3WU❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
77
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
268
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
59
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Black African
5
Other
16

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
316
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
4
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
4
India
22
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
361
Christian
205
Buddhist
1
Hindu
16
Jewish
1
Muslim
6
Sikh
54
Other
3
No religion
56
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
173
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
29
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
15
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
261
England❚ME2 3WU❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
49
Unemployed
8
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
3
Detached
102
Semi detached
13
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
15
Two people
46
Three people
20
Four people
23
Five people
11
Six people
3
Seven people
1
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

ME2 2TZ ME2 2TY ME2 2UA ME2 2FU ME2 2XR ME2 2TX ME2 2XX ME2 2NB ME2 2XY ME2 2XT ME2 2XQ ME2 2XG ME2 2ND ME2 2XA ME2 2XH ME2 2XS ME2 2XJ ME2 2UB ME2 2TU ME2 2UD ME2 2TT ME2 2TW ME2 2TD

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