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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
337
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚ME3 7BT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
337
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
270
Single
97
Married
122
Separated
5
Divorced
21
Widowed
25

Health

Population
337
Very good
156
Good
103
Fair
58
Bad
19
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
270
England❚ME3 7BT❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
62
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
337
White British
315
White Irish
7
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
5

Country of Birth

Population
337
England
319
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Italy
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
India
2
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
337
Christian
242
Muslim
1
No religion
78
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
138
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
19
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
236
England❚ME3 7BT❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
18
Unemployed
25
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
29
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
7
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
53
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
1
Detached
16
Semi detached
76
Terraced
28
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
22
Two people
34
Three people
27
Four people
25
Five people
7
Six people
4
Seven people
1

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ME3 7DS ME3 7DR ME3 7DP ME3 7DZ ME3 7DX ME3 7EA ME3 7DU ME3 7DT ME3 7BX ME3 7AD ME3 7EB ME3 7BW ME3 7DL ME3 7DN ME3 7PA ME3 7AA ME3 7NZ ME3 7AH ME3 7BH 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