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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
209
Population
503
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
168
England❚ME9 8RU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
61
C2 Skilled manual workers
43
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
503
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
402
Single
114
Married
209
Civil partnership
1
Separated
11
Divorced
47
Widowed
20

Health

Population
503
Very good
229
Good
187
Fair
68
Bad
14
Very bad
47

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
402
England❚ME9 8RU❚
Degree or above
57
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
81
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
78
Other qualifications
24
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
503
White British
464
White Irish
6
White Other
13
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
1
Black African
12
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
503
England
455
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
6
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
6
Portugal
2
Ghana
2
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
503
Christian
327
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Other
2
No religion
145
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
270
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
28
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
29
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
20
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
24
Education
21
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
384
England❚ME9 8RU❚
Full-Time employee
184
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
36
Unemployed
10
Retired
62
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
209
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
111
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
212
Occupied
209
Unoccupied
3
Detached
36
Semi detached
146
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
209
One person
45
Two people
80
Three people
46
Four people
30
Five people
8

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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