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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
142
Population
342
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚PE38 9JQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
342
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
272
Single
80
Married
125
Separated
4
Divorced
40
Widowed
23

Health

Population
342
Very good
137
Good
122
Fair
56
Bad
20
Very bad
40

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
272
England❚PE38 9JQ❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
49
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
102

Ethnicity

Population
342
White British
327
White Irish
1
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
4

Country of Birth

Population
342
England
322
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Turkey
2
Nigeria
1
USA
5
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
342
Christian
185
Buddhist
3
Muslim
1
Other
5
No religion
123
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
2
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
13
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
236
England❚PE38 9JQ❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
21
Unemployed
13
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
1
Detached
37
Semi detached
55
Terraced
49
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
42
Two people
43
Three people
28
Four people
21
Five people
5
Six people
2
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