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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 hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
79
Population
216
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
55
England❚ME9 8HG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
216
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
171
Single
39
Married
106
Civil partnership
2
Separated
1
Divorced
12
Widowed
11

Health

Population
216
Very good
112
Good
72
Fair
25
Bad
6
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
171
England❚ME9 8HG❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
216
White British
198
White Irish
4
White Other
13
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
216
England
186
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
2
South Africa
6
Zimbabwe
3
Hong Kong
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
216
Christian
163
No religion
45
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
111
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
12
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
155
England❚ME9 8HG❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
35
Unemployed
5
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
79
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
87
Occupied
79
Unoccupied
8
Detached
65
Semi detached
15
Terraced
5
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
79
One person
14
Two people
27
Three people
14
Four people
17
Five people
4
Six people
3

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