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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
114
Population
283
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚ME9 8SH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
283
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
32%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
218
Single
62
Married
131
Civil partnership
1
Separated
5
Divorced
16
Widowed
3

Health

Population
283
Very good
164
Good
93
Fair
22
Bad
2
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
218
England❚ME9 8SH❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
283
White British
261
White Irish
1
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Black African
5

Country of Birth

Population
283
England
260
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Spain
1
Poland
7
Romania
1
Nigeria
2
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
283
Christian
174
Other
2
No religion
86
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
163
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
12
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚ME9 8SH❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
20
Unemployed
7
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
68
Shared ownership
3
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
3
Detached
31
Semi detached
26
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
24
Two people
42
Three people
21
Four people
23
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

ME9 8LU ME9 8TJ ME9 8TG 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