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Administrative Areas

Ward
River
Local Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
108
Population
882
Males
84%
Females
16%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚ME4 4LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
882
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
92%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
67%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
828
Single
592
Married
172
Civil partnership
2
Separated
23
Divorced
32
Widowed
7

Health

Population
882
Very good
621
Good
240
Fair
15
Bad
5
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
828
England❚ME4 4LJ❚
Degree or above
208
2+ A Levels or equivalent
26
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
266
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
116
Apprenticeship
165
Other qualifications
29
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
882
White British
760
White Irish
11
White Gypsy
1
White Other
24
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
9
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
21
Black African
20
Black Caribbean
6
Black Other
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
882
England
678
Nortern Ireland
8
Scotland
57
Wales
23
Ireland
8
Germany
20
Italy
2
Spain
1
Lithuania
1
Ghana
6
Nigeria
3
South Africa
9
Zimbabwe
9
Hong Kong
4
India
3
Philippines
2
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Central America
1
Carribean
6
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
882
Christian
608
Buddhist
7
Hindu
18
Muslim
5
Other
4
No religion
206
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
741
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
31
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
10
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
555
Education
19
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
825
England❚ME4 4LJ❚
Full-Time employee
614
Part-Time employee
67
Self employed
29
Unemployed
10
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
45
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
108
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
52
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
10

Housing Types

All categoies
111
Occupied
108
Unoccupied
3
Detached
10
Semi detached
5
Terraced
75
Flat - purpose built
21

Household Size

All categoies
108
One person
19
Two people
47
Three people
15
Four people
21
Five people
4
Six people
2

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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