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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
191
Population
443
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚ME9 8EY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
443
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
364
Single
74
Married
211
Separated
11
Divorced
34
Widowed
34

Health

Population
443
Very good
221
Good
135
Fair
61
Bad
21
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
364
England❚ME9 8EY❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
113
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
83

Ethnicity

Population
443
White British
432
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
3
White Other
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
443
England
422
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
7
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
443
Christian
325
No religion
90
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
197
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
23
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
8
Professional, scientific and technical
21
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
21
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
322
England❚ME9 8EY❚
Full-Time employee
109
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
37
Unemployed
6
Retired
74
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
191
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
70
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
12
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
195
Occupied
191
Unoccupied
4
Detached
95
Semi detached
75
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
191
One person
52
Two people
74
Three people
31
Four people
21
Five people
12
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ME9 8HA

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