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Administrative Areas

Ward
Higham
Local Authority
Gravesham
County
Kent
Constituency
Gravesham
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
132
Population
353
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚ME3 7JR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
353
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
287
Single
61
Married
171
Civil partnership
3
Separated
4
Divorced
25
Widowed
23

Health

Population
353
Very good
165
Good
129
Fair
41
Bad
16
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
287
England❚ME3 7JR❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
353
White British
318
White Other
12
Mixed Black African
7
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
8
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
4
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
353
England
328
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
India
3
Sri Lanka
2

Religion

Population
353
Christian
228
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
5
Sikh
8
No religion
81
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
184
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
16
Construction
23
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
16
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
10
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚ME3 7JR❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
36
Unemployed
7
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
3
Detached
44
Semi detached
53
Terraced
36
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
27
Two people
48
Three people
22
Four people
22
Five people
6
Six people
4
Seven people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

ME3 7LX ME3 7LZ ME3 7JZ ME3 7LA ME3 7LE ME3 7HL

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