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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
198
Population
501
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
169
England❚PE38 9BT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
47
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
56

Age Groups

Population
501
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
400
Single
152
Married
108
Separated
17
Divorced
46
Widowed
77

Health

Population
501
Very good
205
Good
184
Fair
77
Bad
25
Very bad
46

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
400
England❚PE38 9BT❚
Degree or above
52
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
61
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
125

Ethnicity

Population
501
White British
448
White Gypsy
1
White Other
33
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
3
Black African
5
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
501
England
444
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
10
Wales
6
Germany
2
Lithuania
6
Poland
7
South Africa
2
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
USA
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
501
Christian
290
Buddhist
2
Hindu
3
Jewish
1
Muslim
8
No religion
159
Not stated
38

Industry

Population
201
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
30
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
23
Education
16
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
310
England❚PE38 9BT❚
Full-Time employee
145
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
23
Unemployed
18
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
22
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
198
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
43
Rented - private landlord
59
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
208
Occupied
198
Unoccupied
10
Detached
23
Semi detached
51
Terraced
68
Flat - purpose built
58
Flat - converted
7
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
198
One person
70
Two people
78
Three people
28
Four people
12
Five people
6
Eight or over
4

Nearby postcodes

PE38 9DZ PE38 9HA PE38 9GD PE38 9HB PE38 9DX PE38 9EB PE38 9JA PE38 9JD PE38 9EQ PE38 9DN PE38 9DJ PE38 9JF PE38 9JB PE38 9JJ PE38 9JG PE38 9GH PE38 9HD PE38 9HE PE38 9QA PE38 9SN PE38 9JL PE38 9PY PE38 9NZ PE38 9PQ

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