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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
125
Population
349
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚ME7 2YX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
349
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
292
Single
110
Married
147
Civil partnership
4
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
5

Health

Population
349
Very good
160
Good
135
Fair
44
Bad
8
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
292
England❚ME7 2YX❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
62
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
349
White British
282
White Irish
6
White Other
23
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
10
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
349
England
290
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
2
Ireland
7
Germany
4
Lithuania
5
Turkey
5
Zimbabwe
2
China
2
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
4
India
5
Pakistan
1
South America
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
349
Christian
215
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
20
Sikh
4
No religion
83
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
203
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
24
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
281
England❚ME7 2YX❚
Full-Time employee
116
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
27
Unemployed
9
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
15
Detached
3
Semi detached
26
Terraced
86
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
19

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
19
Two people
44
Three people
24
Four people
27
Five people
8
Seven people
2
Eight or over
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