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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
203
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
England❚ME9 8HL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
203
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
173
Single
32
Married
125
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
5

Health

Population
203
Very good
101
Good
74
Fair
22
Bad
3
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
173
England❚ME9 8HL❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
203
White British
197
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
203
England
189
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Portugal
1
Middle East
1
India
2

Religion

Population
203
Christian
152
Hindu
2
No religion
36
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
102
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
12
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
158
England❚ME9 8HL❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
20
Unemployed
2
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
79
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
87
Occupied
79
Unoccupied
8
Detached
70
Semi detached
10
Terraced
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
79
One person
9
Two people
41
Three people
9
Four people
16
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ME9 8AQ

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