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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
145
Population
404
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
108
England❚ME8 0LX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
404
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
330
Single
74
Married
223
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
12
Widowed
15

Health

Population
404
Very good
201
Good
154
Fair
41
Bad
6
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
330
England❚ME8 0LX❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
61
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
86
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
404
White British
327
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
14
White Other
17
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
10

Country of Birth

Population
404
England
351
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
2
Romania
1
Turkey
2
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
5
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
4
India
6
Pakistan
2
South America
2

Religion

Population
404
Christian
258
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Jewish
4
Muslim
20
Sikh
8
No religion
77
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
212
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
23
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
15
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
18
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
308
England❚ME8 0LX❚
Full-Time employee
126
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
35
Unemployed
9
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
73
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
2
Detached
81
Semi detached
48
Terraced
16
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
17
Two people
63
Three people
21
Four people
28
Five people
10
Six people
6

Nearby postcodes

ME8 0LA ME8 0LL ME8 0LW ME8 0LN ME8 9QZ ME8 9QY ME8 9FB ME8 9SH

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