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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
130
Population
368
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❚ME7 2AP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
368
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
300
Single
85
Married
174
Separated
5
Divorced
19
Widowed
17

Health

Population
368
Very good
186
Good
127
Fair
36
Bad
13
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
300
England❚ME7 2AP❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
62
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
368
White British
314
White Irish
4
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
9
Asian Other
10
Black African
5
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
368
England
325
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
5
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
4
Nigeria
1
India
6
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
368
Christian
219
Muslim
7
Sikh
12
Other
1
No religion
103
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
201
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
35
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
277
England❚ME7 2AP❚
Full-Time employee
123
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
32
Unemployed
7
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
64
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
8

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
8
Detached
32
Semi detached
61
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
9

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
22
Two people
43
Three people
23
Four people
24
Five people
13
Six people
5

Nearby postcodes

ME7 4JB ME7 2HX ME7 2HU ME7 2BS ME7 2HT ME7 2NB ME7 2JZ ME7 2LF ME7 2HY ME7 2HS ME7 2BG ME7 2BQ ME8 6AR ME8 6AT ME8 6DP ME7 2BT

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