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Administrative Areas

Ward
Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow
Local Authority
Swale
County
Kent
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
120
Population
324
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚ME9 8LU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
324
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
82
Married
115
Separated
9
Divorced
22
Widowed
12

Health

Population
324
Very good
164
Good
104
Fair
42
Bad
10
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚ME9 8LU❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
52
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
324
White British
302
White Gypsy
13
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
324
England
311
Wales
2
Germany
3
South Africa
1
China
1
Sri Lanka
2

Religion

Population
324
Christian
204
Hindu
2
No religion
94
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
139
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
14
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚ME9 8LU❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
19
Unemployed
18
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
63
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
7
Detached
37
Semi detached
65
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
9

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
24
Two people
45
Three people
20
Four people
19
Five people
8
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

ME9 8TJ ME9 8TG ME9 8TE ME9 8UW ME9 8TH ME9 8SH ME9 8SJ ME9 8FP

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