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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
129
Population
283
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
53
England❚PE38 9AY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
283
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
43%
65 or over
47%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
33%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
254
Single
40
Married
138
Separated
1
Divorced
16
Widowed
59

Health

Population
283
Very good
75
Good
109
Fair
71
Bad
19
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
254
England❚PE38 9AY❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
110

Ethnicity

Population
283
White British
264
White Irish
2
White Other
13
Asian Indian
3
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
283
England
259
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Italy
1
Spain
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
2
China
1
USA
9

Religion

Population
283
Christian
208
Muslim
3
No religion
35
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
101
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
13
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
17
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
161
England❚PE38 9AY❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
15
Unemployed
3
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
27
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
4
Detached
90
Semi detached
31
Terraced
12

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
47
Two people
54
Three people
16
Four people
6
Five people
5
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

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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