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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
344
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚ME7 2BS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
344
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
282
Single
79
Married
157
Separated
9
Divorced
22
Widowed
15

Health

Population
344
Very good
144
Good
126
Fair
59
Bad
12
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
282
England❚ME7 2BS❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
53

Ethnicity

Population
344
White British
309
White Irish
5
White Other
9
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
13
Asian Chinese
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
344
England
306
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
4
France
1
Poland
4
Kenya
1
Middle East
2
China
1
India
7
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
344
Christian
209
Muslim
4
Sikh
15
Other
2
No religion
100
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
172
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
10
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
20
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚ME7 2BS❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
29
Unemployed
8
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
130
Detached
48
Semi detached
14
Terraced
61
Flat - purpose built
7

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
29
Two people
41
Three people
30
Four people
16
Five people
8
Six people
4
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

ME7 4JB ME7 2LG ME7 2LH ME7 2AP ME7 2HX ME7 2LQ 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