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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
130
Population
359
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚ME3 7LY❚
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
12

Age Groups

Population
359
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
65
Married
137
Separated
9
Divorced
35
Widowed
13

Health

Population
359
Very good
204
Good
88
Fair
52
Bad
10
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚ME3 7LY❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
67
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
359
White British
318
White Irish
6
White Other
13
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Other
10

Country of Birth

Population
359
England
325
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Nigeria
2
South Africa
1
USA
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
359
Christian
256
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Sikh
2
No religion
84
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
20
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
245
England❚ME3 7LY❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
22
Unemployed
10
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
53
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
38
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
130
Detached
15
Semi detached
88
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
22
Two people
43
Three people
32
Four people
16
Five people
14
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

ME3 7JL ME3 7JH

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