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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
189
Population
390
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚PE38 9BJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
44

Age Groups

Population
390
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
320
Single
96
Married
132
Separated
12
Divorced
44
Widowed
36

Health

Population
390
Very good
164
Good
137
Fair
60
Bad
23
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
320
England❚PE38 9BJ❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
99

Ethnicity

Population
390
White British
362
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
8
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
6
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
390
England
354
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Portugal
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
3
Turkey
2
Zimbabwe
1
China
3
Sri Lanka
1
USA
4
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
390
Christian
232
Muslim
3
No religion
121
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
161
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
11
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
272
England❚PE38 9BJ❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
28
Unemployed
13
Retired
58
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
189
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
34
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
45
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
8

Housing Types

All categoies
199
Occupied
189
Unoccupied
10
Detached
45
Semi detached
51
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
46
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
189
One person
76
Two people
73
Three people
22
Four people
6
Five people
6
Six people
2
Eight or over
4

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