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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
127
Population
309
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚ME5 7HJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
252
Single
73
Married
142
Separated
6
Divorced
11
Widowed
20

Health

Population
309
Very good
144
Good
90
Fair
53
Bad
17
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
252
England❚ME5 7HJ❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
272
White Gypsy
1
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
15
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
274
Scotland
5
Wales
5
France
2
Germany
1
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
2
India
8
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
200
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
4
Sikh
14
No religion
67
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
148
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
19
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚ME5 7HJ❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
28
Unemployed
8
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
40
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
4
Detached
17
Semi detached
40
Terraced
55
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
32
Two people
47
Three people
19
Four people
22
Five people
6
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

ME5 7FA ME5 7QA ME5 7BY ME5 7JS ME5 7BX ME5 7BU ME5 7BT ME5 7DB ME5 7FD ME5 7HT ME5 7HL ME5 7HR ME5 7HP ME5 7HS ME7 3BT ME7 3BX ME7 3BS ME7 3BY ME7 3BU ME7 3DJ ME7 3DG ME7 3DH ME7 3DD ME7 3DE ME7 3DB ME5 7HN ME5 7JD ME5 7HX ME5 7HD ME5 7HH ME5 7HU ME7 3DL ME5 7JF ME5 7JE ME5 7JG ME5 7HY ME5 7HZ ME7 3AD

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