Chatham Factsheet
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Area
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Area
270km2
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Local Authorities
Medway
Business and innovation
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Business Churn Rate (%) 2019
3.98
(14/63)
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Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2019
39.85
(32/63)
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Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2019
54.21
(22/63)
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Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2019
360.61
(35/63)
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GDP per worker (£) 2018
66,073
(18/62)
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Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2018
8.69
(31/63)
Demographics
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People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011
10.36
(32/63)
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Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2019
23.33
(11/63)
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Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2019
15.22
(35/63)
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Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2019
20.03
(23/63)
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Population Aged 45-66 (%) 2019
27.22
(26/63)
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Population Aged 67+ (%) 2019
14.21
(36/63)
Exports
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Exports per job (£) 2017
9,430
(40/62)
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Goods exports per job (£) 2017
4,980
(45/62)
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Services exports per job (£) 2017
4,450
(35/62)
Housing
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Households in Social Rentership (%) 2011
13.18
(56/63)
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Households Renting Privately or Living Rent-Free (%) 2011
18.12
(33/63)
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Households that Own or Part-Own Their Home (%) 2011
68.7
(6/63)
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Housing Affordability Ratio 2020
9.01
(21/62)
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Housing Stock 2019
115,153
(37/63)
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Mean house price (£) 2020
271,757.42
(19/62)
Industrial Structure
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Manufacturing (%) 2019
8.1
(28/62)
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Other Private Services (%) 2019
41.78
(42/62)
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Other Sectors (%) 2019
10.37
(4/62)
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Private Knowledge Intensive Business Services (%) 2019
9.37
(46/62)
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Public Services (%) 2019
30.38
(21/62)
Jobs and Employment
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Claimant Count (%) January 2021
6.58
(27/63)
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Employment Rate (%) 2018
78
(16/63)
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Private Sector Jobs 2019
67,000
(51/62)
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Publicly Funded Jobs 2019
30,000
(45/62)
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Ratio of Private to Public Sector Employment 2019
2.23
(42/62)
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Youth Claimant Count (%) November 2020
8.79
(17/63)
Size
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GDP (£ billion) 2018
6.3
(46/62)
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Population 2019
278,560
(32/63)
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Total Jobs 2019
98,735
(48/62)
Skills, Wages and Inequality
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Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2020
484.37
(33/63)
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Gini coefficient 2016
0.4
(16/58)
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Pupils achieving 9-4 grades in Maths & English at GCSE (%) 2019
65.16
(17/55)
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Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2019
32.9
(38/63)
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Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2019
8.4
(28/63)
Travel and Environment
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CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2018
3.14
(59/63)
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Commuting by Bicycle (%) 2011
1.12
(59/63)
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Commuting by Bus, Train or Metro (%) 2011
13.46
(23/63)
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Commuting by Other Methods (%) 2011
0.41
(41/63)
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Commuting by Private Vehicle (%) 2011
67.99
(21/63)
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Commuting on Foot (%) 2011
9.19
(47/63)
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Number of days of poor air quality 2019
26
(31/63)
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People who Work from Home (%) 2011
7.83
(33/59)
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Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2019
84.47
(27/63)
Welfare
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Total welfare spend (£ million) 2014
861.85
(36/62)
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Welfare Spend Per Capita (£) 2014
3,145.43
(43/62)