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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
Urban city and town
Households
184
Population
475
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
141
England❚ME9 9LN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
475
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
379
Single
58
Married
275
Separated
4
Divorced
26
Widowed
16

Health

Population
475
Very good
246
Good
175
Fair
45
Bad
6
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
379
England❚ME9 9LN❚
Degree or above
62
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
80
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
101
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
475
White British
452
White Irish
9
White Gypsy
1
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
475
England
441
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
4
Ireland
8
France
2
Germany
1
South Africa
4
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
475
Christian
366
Other
2
No religion
80
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
260
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Construction
32
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
25
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
23
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
23
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
359
England❚ME9 9LN❚
Full-Time employee
146
Part-Time employee
60
Self employed
54
Unemployed
5
Retired
60
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
184
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
103
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
185
Occupied
184
Unoccupied
1
Detached
147
Semi detached
35
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
184
One person
27
Two people
86
Three people
27
Four people
29
Five people
12
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

ME9 9PH ME9 9AJ ME9 9NR ME9 9NP ME9 9NU ME9 9LZ

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