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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
121
Population
378
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚ME9 8SQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
46
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
378
Under 16
34%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
251
Single
56
Married
163
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
18
Widowed
2

Health

Population
378
Very good
249
Good
103
Fair
23
Bad
2
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
251
England❚ME9 8SQ❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
61
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
378
White British
328
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Black African
34
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
378
England
341
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
4
Spain
1
Nigeria
13
Bangladesh
2
Philippines
1
USA
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
2

Religion

Population
378
Christian
243
Muslim
7
Other
1
No religion
110
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
194
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
19
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
25
Education
22
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
248
England❚ME9 8SQ❚
Full-Time employee
116
Part-Time employee
48
Self employed
22
Unemployed
8
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
86
Shared ownership
7
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
7
Detached
70
Semi detached
36
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
13
Two people
29
Three people
28
Four people
35
Five people
13
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

ME9 8QY ME9 8XB ME9 8XD ME9 8XE ME9 8WL ME9 8WN ME9 8XA ME9 8SG ME9 8SU ME9 8UJ ME9 8XG ME9 8XF ME9 8SD ME9 8SE ME9 8TL ME9 8TZ

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