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Stanhope, Kent

Suburb of Ashford, Kent, England

Summary

Suburb of Ashford, Kent, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Stanhope
static_image	Housing Estate at Stanhope - geograph.org.uk - 1559908.jpg
static_image_caption	Housing estate (2009)
coordinates
civil_parish	Stanhope
population	4,068
area_total_km2	0.58
population_ref	(civil parish 2011)
shire_district	Ashford
shire_county	Kent
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Ashford
post_town	Ashford
postcode_district	TN23
postcode_area	TN
dial_code	01233
os_grid_reference	TQ996408

Stanhope is a civil parish and suburb of Ashford in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England. It was built in the 1960s on the southern edge of the town.

Demography

Stanhope compared
2001 UK Census
Population
Foreign born
White
Asian
Black
Christian
Muslim
Hindu
No religion
Unemployed
Retired

At the 2001 UK census, the Stanhope electoral ward had a population of 3,276. The ethnicity was 94.2% white, 1.4% mixed race, 1.6% Asian, 1% black and 1.8% other. The place of birth of residents was 93.5% United Kingdom, 0.7% Republic of Ireland, 0.9% other Western European countries, and 4.9% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 65.9% Christian, 0% Buddhist, 0% Hindu, 0% Sikh, 0% Jewish, and 3.1% Muslim. 21.2% were recorded as having no religion, 0.3% had an alternative religion and 9.5% did not state their religion.

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 38.3% in full-time employment, 12% in part-time employment, 4.3% self-employed, 6.8% unemployed, 2.6% students with jobs, 4% students without jobs, 6.9% retired, 13.1% looking after home or family, 8.1% permanently sick or disabled and 3.9% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 21.2% retail, 18% manufacturing, 9.6% construction, 8.4% real estate, 11.6% health and social work, 5.6% education, 7.9% transport and communications, 2.6% public administration, 4.9% hotels and restaurants, 2.3% finance, 2.1% agriculture and 5.8% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in agriculture, retail, manufacturing and construction. There were a relatively low proportion in finance, real estate, education and public administration. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 7% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.

History

The parish was formed in 1987 from the parish of Kingsnorth and part of the unparished area of Ashford.

References

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References

[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density] [[United Kingdom Census 2011]] ''[[Office for National Statistics]]'' Retrieved 10 May 2014
"Neighbourhood Statistics". Statistics.gov.uk.
"The Ashford (Parishes) Order 1987". [[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]].
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