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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
137
Population
339
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚ME9 9PH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
339
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
284
Single
68
Married
177
Separated
2
Divorced
17
Widowed
20

Health

Population
339
Very good
143
Good
128
Fair
48
Bad
16
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
284
England❚ME9 9PH❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
339
White British
334
White Other
3
Asian Indian
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
339
England
325
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Spain
1
Kenya
1
India
2
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
339
Christian
225
Other
9
No religion
74
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
176
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
29
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
14
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
259
England❚ME9 9PH❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
32
Unemployed
9
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
59
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
1
Detached
14
Semi detached
94
Terraced
29
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
24
Two people
62
Three people
23
Four people
20
Five people
6
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

ME9 9SW ME9 9LN ME9 9LX ME9 9PW ME9 9PJ ME9 9JF ME9 9AZ ME9 9PP 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