Chatham Factsheet

Area

• Area 270km²
  
• Local Authorities Medway
  

Business and innovation

• Business Churn Rate (%) 2016 4.68 (14/62)
  
• Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2016 38.78 (37/63)
  
• Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2016 52.78 (25/62)
  
• Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2016 299.28 (35/62)
  
• GVA per worker 2016 55,351.06 (11/62)
  
• Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2015 6.9 (59/63)
  

Demographics

• People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011 10.36 (32/63)
  
• Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2016 22.87 (15/63)
  
• Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2016 16.63 (32/63)
  
• Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2016 19.66 (29/63)
  
• Population Aged 45-64 (%) 2016 25.32 (27/63)
  
• Population Aged 65+ (%) 2016 15.52 (37/63)
  

Exports

• Exports per job (£) 2014 13,070 (28/62)
  
• Goods exports per job (£) 2014 6,230 (35/62)
  
• Services exports per job (£) 2014 6,840 (14/62)
  

Housing

• Households in Social Rentership (%) 2011 13.18 (56/63)
  
• Households Renting Privately or Living Rent-Free (%) 2011 18.12 (33/63)
  
• Households that Own or Part-Own Their Home (%) 2011 68.7 (6/63)
  
• Housing Affordability Ratio 2017 9.19 (21/62)
  
• Housing stock 2016 113,170 (37/63)
  
• Mean house price (£) 2017 252,265 (18/62)
  

Industrial Structure

• Manufacturing (%) 2016 7.94 (28/62)
  
• Other Private Services (%) 2016 44.31 (31/62)
  
• Other Sectors (%) 2016 8.06 (4/62)
  
• Private Knowledge Intensive Business Services (%) 2016 9.52 (41/62)
  
• Public Services (%) 2016 30.16 (26/62)
  

Jobs and Employment

• Claimant Count (%) August 2018 1.97 (39/63)
  
• Employment Rate (%) 2017 74.33 (27/63)
  
• Private Sector Jobs 2016 65,500 (50/62)
  
• Publicly funded jobs 2016 28,500 (47/62)
  
• Ratio of Private to Public Sector Employment 2016 2.3 (37/62)
  
• Youth Claimant Count (%) August 2018 2.35 (32/63)
  

Size

• GVA 2016 5.2 (42/62)
  
• Population 2016 278,500 (32/63)
  
• Total Jobs 2016 94,000 (50/62)
  

Skills, Wages and Inequality

• Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2017 493.6 (39/63)
  
• Gini coefficient 2016 0.4 (16/58)
  
• Pupils Achieving 5A*-C GCSEs inc. Maths & Eng. (%) 2016 60 (14/59)
  
• Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2016 30.3 (45/63)
  
• Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2016 7.5 (37/63)
  

Travel and Environment

• CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2015 3.5 (61/63)
  
• Commuting by Bicycle (%) 2011 1.12 (59/63)
  
• Commuting by Bus, Train or Metro (%) 2011 13.46 (23/63)
  
• Commuting by Other Methods (%) 2011 0.41 (41/63)
  
• Commuting by Private Vehicle (%) 2011 67.99 (21/63)
  
• Commuting on Foot (%) 2011 9.19 (47/63)
  
• People who Work from Home (%) 2011 7.83 (33/59)
  
• Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2017 82.67 (24/63)
  

Welfare

• Total welfare spend (£ million) 2014 861.85 (36/62)
  
• Welfare Spend Per Capita (£) 2014 3,145.43 (43/62)