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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
156
Population
475
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚ME7 4AS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
475
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
394
Single
100
Married
178
Separated
10
Divorced
28
Widowed
78

Health

Population
475
Very good
210
Good
132
Fair
98
Bad
26
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
394
England❚ME7 4AS❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
26
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
102
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
106

Ethnicity

Population
475
White British
418
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
1
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
11
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Other
10
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
3

Country of Birth

Population
475
England
421
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
9
Wales
5
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
4
Italy
5
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
India
4
Pakistan
2
Philippines
2
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
475
Christian
295
Hindu
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
9
Sikh
10
Other
3
No religion
102
Not stated
53

Industry

Population
217
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
19
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
303
England❚ME7 4AS❚
Full-Time employee
112
Part-Time employee
59
Self employed
37
Unemployed
10
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
156
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
65
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
162
Occupied
156
Unoccupied
6
Detached
46
Semi detached
94
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
156
One person
42
Two people
37
Three people
33
Four people
25
Five people
16
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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Data Sources

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  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019