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Administrative Areas

Ward
West Downs
Local Authority
Swale
County
Kent
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
75
Population
170
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
England❚ME9 0PJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
170
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
48%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
136
Single
24
Married
85
Separated
2
Divorced
13
Widowed
12

Health

Population
170
Very good
77
Good
62
Fair
26
Bad
2
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
136
England❚ME9 0PJ❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
170
White British
159
White Gypsy
4
White Other
5
Mixed Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
170
England
161
Wales
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
USA
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
170
Christian
112
Other
3
No religion
40
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
69
Manufacturing
9
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
107
England❚ME9 0PJ❚
Full-Time employee
40
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
13
Unemployed
3
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
5
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
77
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
2
Detached
34
Semi detached
24
Terraced
18
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
22
Two people
31
Three people
8
Four people
9
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ME9 0AG ME9 0AB ME9 0PH ME9 0PE ME9 0PP ME9 0LR

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