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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
149
Population
335
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚PE38 9LH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
335
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
70
Married
156
Separated
11
Divorced
27
Widowed
19

Health

Population
335
Very good
154
Good
124
Fair
46
Bad
10
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
England❚PE38 9LH❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
93
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
335
White British
318
White Irish
1
White Other
11
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
2
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
335
England
302
Scotland
8
Wales
4
Germany
5
Poland
2
Philippines
1
USA
11

Religion

Population
335
Christian
230
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
81
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
160
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
18
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
21
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
245
England❚PE38 9LH❚
Full-Time employee
95
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
30
Unemployed
8
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
18
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
149
Owned outright
64
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
156
Occupied
149
Unoccupied
7
Detached
81
Semi detached
43
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
149
One person
42
Two people
66
Three people
11
Four people
24
Five people
4
Six people
2

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