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Annex 4 Worksheets

Social and Community worksheets

Worksheet S1: Population

Source 2001 census & nomis data


Q 1. Local populations

a.What is the total population of both town and surrounding countryside?

b.What proportion of the total population lives in the town as compared to the surrounding countryside (hinterland)?

c.Whereabouts do they live?

Local Population 2001 Census

a.23966 West Malling & Hinterland

b.2383: 10% in the town

c.12027: 50% in East Malling & Larkfield - Rest in 7 surrounding villages

Note since the 2001 Census the Kings Hill Development has significantly expanded

Q 2. Retired population

a.How many of the population are of retirement age (that is, 65/60 or over)?

b.What is this as a proportion of the total population?

c.Is this higher or lower than the regional and national averages?

Retired Population 2001 Census

a.2184 Retired West Malling & Hinterland

b.9.1% population retired

c.SE Regional Average: 9.6% & England: 9.8%

Q 3. Younger population

a.How many of the population are under 16?

b.What is this as a proportion of the total population?

c.Is this higher or lower than the regional and national averages?

(Worksheets EC1 Q6,7; EC3; EC4; T2 Q2; T3 Q18,19 also refer to children and young people)

Younger Population 2001 Census

a.5465 West Malling & Hinterland

b.22.8% of population

c.SE Regional Average: 19.9% & England: 20.2%

Again since the 2001 Census the Kings Hill Development has significantly expanded with younger families moving in as noted by school size increases

Q 4. Employed population

a.How many people are employed?

b.How many of this population have professional and managerial jobs?

c.How many of these have semi-skilled manual and unskilled jobs?

d.What are these figures as proportions of the total number employed?

e.Are these figures higher or lower than the regional and national averages?

(Worksheets EC1; EC4 Q3,9; EC5 Q1; EC7 Q2 also refer to employment)

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Q 5. Household population

a.How many households are there

b.What proportion of households are there elderly people living alone?

c.Is this higher or lower than the national average?

Household population:

a.9324 households

b.2101 One Person Households: 22.5%

c.SE Regional Average: 28.5% & England: 30.1%

Q 6. Population trend

a.Has the population of the town and hinterland grown or declined in the last ten years?

b.By how much?

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Population trend from 1991 to 2001 Census 5.7% increase however recent new developments at Kings Hill; Leybourne Lakes and Castle are expected to significantly increase MAP area population



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