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Administrative Areas

Ward
South Downham
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
159
Population
345
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚PE38 9BD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
345
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
62
Married
179
Separated
8
Divorced
23
Widowed
31

Health

Population
345
Very good
128
Good
142
Fair
60
Bad
13
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚PE38 9BD❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
345
White British
331
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
345
England
318
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
5
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Portugal
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
2
Philippines
1
USA
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
345
Christian
250
Jewish
5
No religion
65
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
18
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
253
England❚PE38 9BD❚
Full-Time employee
84
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
33
Unemployed
9
Retired
65
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
159
Owned outright
95
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
15

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
159
Unoccupied
8
Detached
105
Semi detached
33
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
3
Caravan
6

Household Size

All categoies
159
One person
45
Two people
67
Three people
24
Four people
21
Five people
2

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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