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Administrative Areas

Ward
Watling
Local Authority
Medway
Constituency
Gillingham and Rainham
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
138
Population
344
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚ME5 7ES❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
344
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
115
Married
114
Separated
12
Divorced
24
Widowed
10

Health

Population
344
Very good
164
Good
135
Fair
36
Bad
8
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚ME5 7ES❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
86
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
344
White British
274
White Irish
5
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
11
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
14
Black Caribbean
4
Black Other
1
Arab
2
Other
9

Country of Birth

Population
344
England
282
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
6
Germany
1
Italy
2
Lithuania
4
Poland
4
Romania
1
Ghana
4
Nigeria
2
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
5
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
1
India
12
USA
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
344
Christian
169
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
1
Sikh
2
No religion
136
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
198
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
20
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
269
England❚ME5 7ES❚
Full-Time employee
127
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
24
Unemployed
9
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
26
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
51
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
54

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
6
Detached
3
Semi detached
50
Terraced
36
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
27
Flat - in commerical building
18

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
42
Two people
34
Three people
26
Four people
28
Five people
5
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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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