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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
125
Population
325
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚ME8 0JY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
325
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
266
Single
50
Married
182
Separated
5
Divorced
14
Widowed
15

Health

Population
325
Very good
152
Good
125
Fair
39
Bad
8
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
266
England❚ME8 0JY❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
325
White British
307
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
7
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
325
England
311
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Kenya
1

Religion

Population
325
Christian
232
Buddhist
2
Jewish
3
Sikh
1
Other
6
No religion
59
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
159
Mining
1
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
19
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
235
England❚ME8 0JY❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
22
Unemployed
6
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
50
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
4
Detached
30
Semi detached
97
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
20
Two people
49
Three people
26
Four people
24
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
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