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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
130
Population
340
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
74
England❚ME8 0QT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
340
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
286
Single
57
Married
185
Separated
3
Divorced
13
Widowed
28

Health

Population
340
Very good
140
Good
131
Fair
59
Bad
7
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
286
England❚ME8 0QT❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
340
White British
317
White Irish
8
White Other
4
Asian Indian
9
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
340
England
305
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
8
France
1
Kenya
2
India
8
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
340
Christian
261
Hindu
9
Muslim
2
No religion
49
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
153
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
11
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
245
England❚ME8 0QT❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
36
Unemployed
4
Retired
60
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
71
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
5
Detached
97
Semi detached
37
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
19
Two people
63
Three people
18
Four people
16
Five people
10
Six people
3
Eight or over
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