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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
130
Population
256
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
56
England❚ME3 7BA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
256
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
41%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
32%
75 or over
23%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
238
Single
32
Married
155
Separated
4
Divorced
13
Widowed
34

Health

Population
256
Very good
70
Good
118
Fair
48
Bad
19
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
238
England❚ME3 7BA❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
24
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
256
White British
251
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
256
England
245
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
256
Christian
204
Buddhist
3
No religion
41
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
102
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
179
England❚ME3 7BA❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
23
Unemployed
4
Retired
59
Looking after home/family
8
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
92
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
3
Detached
14
Semi detached
116
Terraced
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
43
Two people
61
Three people
16
Four people
8
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ME3 7EL ME3 7EG ME3 7ED ME3 7EJ ME3 7EE ME3 7EW ME3 7BD ME3 7BG ME3 7BQ ME3 7AT ME3 7AX ME3 7JE ME3 7JW ME3 7HS ME3 7HT ME3 7JP

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