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Administrative Areas

Ward
Castle
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
146
Population
271
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚CO1 1FQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
271
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
229
Single
99
Married
74
Separated
7
Divorced
39
Widowed
10

Health

Population
271
Very good
134
Good
77
Fair
45
Bad
14
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
229
England❚CO1 1FQ❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
91
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
271
White British
223
White Irish
4
White Other
21
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Other
3
Black African
11
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
271
England
209
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
9
Ireland
3
France
2
Germany
3
Italy
2
Portugal
2
Poland
7
Turkey
1
Ghana
2
Nigeria
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
1
India
1
USA
3
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
271
Christian
147
Buddhist
3
Jewish
1
Muslim
6
Other
3
No religion
88
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
135
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
15
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
216
England❚CO1 1FQ❚
Full-Time employee
84
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
18
Unemployed
16
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
25
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
146
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
40
Rented - council
38
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
42
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
155
Occupied
146
Unoccupied
9
Detached
7
Semi detached
16
Terraced
77
Flat - purpose built
49
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
146
One person
72
Two people
44
Three people
15
Four people
13
Seven people
2

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019