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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
Urban city and town
Households
65
Population
184
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
England❚ME9 8AQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
184
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
145
Single
34
Married
93
Civil partnership
1
Separated
1
Divorced
10
Widowed
6

Health

Population
184
Very good
99
Good
60
Fair
22
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
145
England❚ME9 8AQ❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
15
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
184
White British
159
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
4
White Other
13
Black African
5

Country of Birth

Population
184
England
163
Nortern Ireland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
5
Poland
4
Nigeria
1
Middle East
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
184
Christian
122
Other
2
No religion
44
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
95
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
12
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
139
England❚ME9 8AQ❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
10
Unemployed
5
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
65
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
65
Occupied
65
Detached
10
Semi detached
41
Terraced
14

Household Size

All categoies
65
One person
9
Two people
23
Three people
10
Four people
18
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

ME9 8GU ME9 8HL ME9 8PS ME9 8GA ME9 8GX ME9 8EF ME9 8PX ME9 8NP

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