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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
125
Population
322
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚ME3 7DP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
79
Married
142
Separated
6
Divorced
22
Widowed
19

Health

Population
322
Very good
155
Good
103
Fair
49
Bad
11
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚ME3 7DP❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
288
White Other
8
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
3
Asian Other
10
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
297
Wales
1
Germany
5
Poland
5
Turkey
1
Kenya
2
India
5
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
322
Christian
217
Buddhist
2
Hindu
3
Muslim
1
Sikh
7
No religion
75
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
166
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
14
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
249
England❚ME3 7DP❚
Full-Time employee
95
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
25
Unemployed
11
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
6
Detached
43
Semi detached
61
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
27
Two people
46
Three people
26
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
2
Seven people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

ME3 7DS ME3 7DR ME3 7DZ ME3 7DX ME3 7EA ME3 7DU ME3 7DT ME3 7BX ME3 7EB ME3 7BW ME3 7DL ME3 7AG ME3 7NZ ME3 7AB ME3 7BU ME3 7AE ME3 7AL ME3 7BH ME3 7BT ME3 7EP ME3 7ER ME3 7BS ME3 7NA

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