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Administrative Areas

Ward
East Downham
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
239
Population
605
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
176
England❚PE38 9NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
54
C2 Skilled manual workers
54
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
45

Age Groups

Population
605
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
463
Single
115
Married
269
Civil partnership
2
Separated
13
Divorced
49
Widowed
15

Health

Population
605
Very good
287
Good
203
Fair
84
Bad
26
Very bad
49

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
463
England❚PE38 9NG❚
Degree or above
57
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
92
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
85
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
32
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
605
White British
564
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
23
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
3
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
605
England
545
Scotland
12
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
5
Lithuania
2
Poland
5
Turkey
4
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
2
India
2
USA
7
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
605
Christian
403
Hindu
3
Muslim
10
Other
1
No religion
142
Not stated
46

Industry

Population
270
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
45
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
52
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
28
Education
14
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
415
England❚PE38 9NG❚
Full-Time employee
171
Part-Time employee
54
Self employed
34
Unemployed
21
Retired
65
Looking after home/family
26
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
239
Owned outright
85
Owned with mortgage
93
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
249
Occupied
239
Unoccupied
10
Detached
137
Semi detached
74
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
5

Household Size

All categoies
239
One person
49
Two people
95
Three people
42
Four people
33
Five people
14
Six people
5
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

PE38 9LH PE38 9LW PE38 9TS PE38 9TT PE38 9TU PE38 9LL PE38 9TR PE38 9QH PE38 9SJ PE38 9QQ PE38 9LA PE38 9QR PE38 9LB PE38 9JN PE38 9QS PE38 9QJ PE38 9QP PE38 9QL PE38 9WA PE38 9WB PE38 9WE PE38 9UW PE38 9UQ PE38 9UU PE38 9UT

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