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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
135
Population
290
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
73
England❚ME8 0LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
290
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
33%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
43
Married
157
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
14
Widowed
29

Health

Population
290
Very good
111
Good
109
Fair
58
Bad
10
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
England❚ME8 0LF❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
290
White British
272
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Black Caribbean
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
290
England
264
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Germany
4
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
4
India
2
Pakistan
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
290
Christian
207
Hindu
1
Muslim
6
Other
5
No religion
57
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
124
Manufacturing
3
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
18
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
10
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚ME8 0LF❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
15
Unemployed
5
Retired
63
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
81
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
2
Detached
81
Semi detached
33
Terraced
23

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
36
Two people
62
Three people
19
Four people
17
Five 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