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Administrative Areas

Ward
Hempstead and Wigmore
Local Authority
Medway
Constituency
Gillingham and Rainham
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
197
Population
567
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
166
England❚ME7 3NU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
72
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
49
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
567
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
451
Single
102
Married
312
Separated
11
Divorced
12
Widowed
14

Health

Population
567
Very good
336
Good
185
Fair
38
Bad
5
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
451
England❚ME7 3NU❚
Degree or above
53
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
103
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
161
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
567
White British
490
White Irish
3
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
33
Asian Pakistani
14
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
8
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
567
England
507
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
10
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Italy
1
Turkey
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
16
Pakistan
5
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
1

Religion

Population
567
Christian
346
Buddhist
1
Hindu
22
Muslim
18
Sikh
9
No religion
134
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
326
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
31
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
46
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
18
Financial and insurance
45
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
31
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
28
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
436
England❚ME7 3NU❚
Full-Time employee
172
Part-Time employee
76
Self employed
61
Unemployed
11
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
43
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
197
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
122
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
199
Occupied
197
Unoccupied
2
Detached
139
Semi detached
34
Terraced
26

Household Size

All categoies
197
One person
19
Two people
74
Three people
37
Four people
49
Five people
15
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

ME7 3JF ME7 3RZ ME7 3NF ME7 3QH ME7 3PF

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