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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
146
Population
344
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚ME8 0NX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
344
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
50%
65 or over
40%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
23%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
309
Single
51
Married
154
Separated
11
Divorced
19
Widowed
74

Health

Population
344
Very good
127
Good
111
Fair
80
Bad
23
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
309
England❚ME8 0NX❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
344
White British
290
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
20
Asian Pakistani
10
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
3
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
5

Country of Birth

Population
344
England
294
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Kenya
4
Zimbabwe
1
China
3
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
2
India
10
Pakistan
8
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
344
Christian
241
Buddhist
2
Hindu
10
Muslim
8
Sikh
11
No religion
47
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
135
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
20
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
230
England❚ME8 0NX❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
32
Unemployed
3
Retired
65
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
146
Owned outright
78
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
146
Unoccupied
8
Detached
90
Semi detached
22
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
26
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
146
One person
51
Two people
57
Three people
19
Four people
15
Five people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

ME8 0QX ME8 0QD ME8 0QT ME8 0PD ME8 0NU ME8 0JX ME8 0NN ME8 9TJ ME8 9TG ME8 9TD ME8 9TH ME8 9RS ME8 9RR ME8 9RP ME8 9TF ME8 9TE ME8 9SZ ME8 9QE ME8 9QF ME8 9QG ME8 9TA ME8 9QD ME8 9QQ ME8 9TB ME8 0NP ME8 0NR ME8 0HZ ME8 0HY ME8 9SY ME8 9PD ME8 9PU ME8 9SX ME8 9PT ME8 9NZ ME8 9NX ME8 9NY ME8 9PB ME8 9SU ME8 9ST ME8 9PA

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