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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
127
Population
319
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚ME3 7BH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
66
Married
142
Separated
4
Divorced
23
Widowed
34

Health

Population
319
Very good
126
Good
131
Fair
46
Bad
14
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚ME3 7BH❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
78

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
275
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
9
Asian Bangladeshi
16
Asian Other
3
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
289
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
1
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
6
India
2
Philippines
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
207
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
16
Sikh
9
No religion
67
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
130
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
7
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
16
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚ME3 7BH❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
29
Unemployed
4
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
20
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
64
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
3
Detached
42
Semi detached
63
Terraced
24
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
30
Two people
60
Three people
17
Four people
11
Five people
7
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

ME3 7DP ME3 7DZ ME3 7DX ME3 7EA ME3 7AD ME3 7DN ME3 7PA ME3 7AA ME3 7AG ME3 7NZ ME3 7AH ME3 7AB ME3 7BU ME3 7AE ME3 7AL ME3 7BT ME3 7EP ME3 7ER ME3 7BS ME3 7AJ ME3 7AR ME3 7AS ME3 7NA ME3 7DA

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