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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
126
Population
297
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚ME3 7BJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
297
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
48
Married
162
Separated
3
Divorced
21
Widowed
21

Health

Population
297
Very good
128
Good
107
Fair
44
Bad
16
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚ME3 7BJ❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
27
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
297
White British
290
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
297
England
283
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
297
Christian
228
Buddhist
1
No religion
50
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
148
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
22
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚ME3 7BJ❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
25
Unemployed
7
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
64
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
126
Detached
11
Semi detached
105
Terraced
9
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
26
Two people
55
Three people
24
Four people
18
Five people
1
Six 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