Kennington, Kent
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| Kennington | |
  Kennington shown within Kent |
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| Population | 2,400 (2005)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Ashford |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TONBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | TN24, TN25 |
| Dialling code | 01233 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Ashford |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Kennington is a suburb of Ashford in Kent, England. It is about a mile northeast of the town centre and north of the M20 motorway, and contains the 12th century church, St Mary's. The main A28 Canterbury Road runs through the village. In recent years the village has expanded with the building of new housing estates in the Little Burton and Towers View areas.
The River Great Stour and the Kennington Stream run through the area.
Kennington is also home to 1st Kennington Scout group, a long running scout group that includes all factions of the Scouting association; Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, and a highly successful branch of Network, dubbed 'The Roosters'. Kennington has three pubs, The Golden Ball, The Pilgrims Rest and The Rose Inn.
The current councilor for the Kennington Ward is Cllr. J F Kemp (Conservative).
[edit] Schools
There is one secondary school in the village, The Towers School, with a local junior school, Kennington C of E Primary School, and an infants school, Downs View Infants school. Since the county still operates a grammar school system, those who pass the 11+ are given the opportunity to attend the grammar school in Ashford, The Norton Knatchbull School or Highworth Grammar School [2]
[edit] Demography
| Kennington compared | |||
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| 2001 UK Census | Kennington | Ashford district | England |
| Population | 2,321 | 102,661 | 49,138,831 |
| Foreign born | 6.9% | 5.5% | 9.2% |
| White | 96.3% | 97.6% | 90.9% |
| Asian | 1.6% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Black | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Christian | 79.5% | 76.5% | 71.7% |
| Muslim | 0.6% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
| Hindu | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| No religion | 10.3% | 14.6% | 14.6% |
| Unemployed | 1.9% | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Retired | 13.4% | 13.8% | 13.5% |
As of the 2001 UK census, the Kennington electoral ward had a population of 2,321. The ethnicity was 96.3% white, 1.1% mixed race, 1.6% Asian, 0.5% black and 0.5% other. The place of birth of residents was 93.1% United Kingdom, 0.6% Republic of Ireland, 1.9% other Western European countries, and 4.4% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 79.5% Christian, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.7% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, and 0.6% Muslim. 10.3% were recorded as having no religion, 0.3% had an alternative religion and 8.2% did not state their religion.[3]
The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 43.3% in full-time employment, 14% in part-time employment, 10.2% self-employed, 1.9% unemployed, 3.6% students with jobs, 4.9% students without jobs, 13.4% retired, 4.7% looking after home or family, 2.6% permanently sick or disabled and 1.5% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 16.1% retail, 13.8% manufacturing, 7.8% construction, 12.1% real estate, 10.9% health and social work, 8.4% education, 8% transport and communications, 6.6% public administration, 5.7% hotels and restaurants, 5% finance, 1.1% agriculture and 4.5% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in hotels and restaurants, and a relatively low proportion in agriculture. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 21.6% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ 2005 Ward Level Population Estimates. Kent County Council (September 2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
- ^ Kent Schools
- ^ a b Neighbourhood Statistics. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
