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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
120
Population
284
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚ME3 7BP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
284
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
221
Single
55
Married
116
Separated
10
Divorced
19
Widowed
21

Health

Population
284
Very good
132
Good
102
Fair
43
Bad
5
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
221
England❚ME3 7BP❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
284
White British
266
White Gypsy
3
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
284
England
271
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
284
Christian
192
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
8
No religion
62
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
122
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
11
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚ME3 7BP❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
21
Unemployed
16
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
40
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
13
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
3
Detached
44
Semi detached
55
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
33
Two people
46
Three people
16
Four people
15
Five people
9
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ME3 7BY ME3 7JF ME3 7BZ ME3 7HP ME3 7NF

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