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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
196
Population
526
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
150
England❚ME7 2AQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
526
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
430
Single
124
Married
229
Separated
11
Divorced
34
Widowed
32

Health

Population
526
Very good
256
Good
186
Fair
68
Bad
13
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
430
England❚ME7 2AQ❚
Degree or above
60
2+ A Levels or equivalent
25
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
78
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
65
Apprenticeship
99
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
526
White British
448
White Irish
2
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
19
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
12
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
5
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
526
England
462
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
7
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Portugal
3
Poland
4
Zimbabwe
1
India
18
Pakistan
7
Carribean
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
526
Christian
304
Hindu
4
Muslim
15
Sikh
20
Other
1
No religion
136
Not stated
46

Industry

Population
271
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
25
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
16
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
23
Education
31
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
390
England❚ME7 2AQ❚
Full-Time employee
163
Part-Time employee
53
Self employed
44
Unemployed
10
Retired
62
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
31
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
196
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
92
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
197
Occupied
196
Unoccupied
1
Detached
45
Semi detached
91
Terraced
48
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
196
One person
41
Two people
64
Three people
39
Four people
36
Five people
13
Six people
3

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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