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Administrative Areas

Ward
Downham Old Town
Local Authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
222
Population
468
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
183
England❚PE38 8BU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
42
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
68

Age Groups

Population
468
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
29%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
381
Single
183
Married
106
Civil partnership
2
Separated
12
Divorced
57
Widowed
21

Health

Population
468
Very good
227
Good
170
Fair
49
Bad
17
Very bad
57

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
381
England❚PE38 8BU❚
Degree or above
63
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
62
Apprenticeship
81
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
468
White British
419
White Irish
3
White Other
24
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
2
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
468
England
397
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
4
Ireland
3
Germany
3
Italy
1
Lithuania
3
Poland
8
Romania
1
Turkey
3
Zimbabwe
3
China
5
India
1
USA
10
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
468
Christian
245
Buddhist
4
Jewish
1
Muslim
3
Other
3
No religion
178
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
254
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
30
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
52
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
23
Education
16
Human health and social work
35

Economic Activity

Population
357
England❚PE38 8BU❚
Full-Time employee
161
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
43
Unemployed
19
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
222
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
41
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
107
Rented - other private
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
264
Occupied
222
Unoccupied
42
Detached
20
Semi detached
41
Terraced
82
Flat - purpose built
59
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
52

Household Size

All categoies
222
One person
78
Two people
90
Three people
33
Four people
15
Six people
2
Eight or over
4

Nearby postcodes

PE38 9RS PE38 9RT PE38 9RY PE38 9RX PE38 9RU PE38 9BN PE38 9BQ PE38 9AT PE38 9RL PE38 9HR PE38 9JR PE38 9HZ PE38 9JS PE38 8AQ PE38 8AT PE38 8BE PE38 8BG PE38 8BS PE38 8BW PE38 9AA PE38 9XW PE38 9AW PE38 8BZ PE38 8DB PE38 8DE PE38 8DF PE38 8DL PE38 9LE PE38 9BD PE38 9AX PE38 9BA PE38 9BG PE38 9BB PE38 9BL PE38 9AS PE38 9DT PE38 9AY PE38 9AG PE38 9BJ PE38 9AB PE38 9AD PE38 9AQ PE38 9AE PE38 9AF

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