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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
217
Population
450
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚PE38 9JL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
450
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
45%
65 or over
38%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
23%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
372
Single
66
Married
183
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
43
Widowed
68

Health

Population
450
Very good
143
Good
175
Fair
96
Bad
29
Very bad
43

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
372
England❚PE38 9JL❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
74
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
143

Ethnicity

Population
450
White British
437
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
3
Black Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
450
England
428
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
3
Germany
1
Nigeria
3
India
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
450
Christian
280
Buddhist
5
Jewish
2
No religion
114
Not stated
49

Industry

Population
133
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
10
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
10
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
268
England❚PE38 9JL❚
Full-Time employee
71
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
19
Unemployed
16
Retired
71
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
217
Owned outright
113
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
30
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
226
Occupied
217
Unoccupied
9
Detached
41
Semi detached
67
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
76
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
217
One person
80
Two people
95
Three people
19
Four people
9
Five people
7
Six people
3
Seven people
1
Eight or over
3

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