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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
242
Population
524
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
194
England❚CO1 1LL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
62
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
76
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
524
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
474
Single
231
Married
154
Civil partnership
3
Separated
15
Divorced
50
Widowed
21

Health

Population
524
Very good
228
Good
197
Fair
56
Bad
16
Very bad
50

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
474
England❚CO1 1LL❚
Degree or above
66
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
61
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
65
Apprenticeship
175
Other qualifications
29
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
524
White British
385
White Irish
5
White Other
50
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
11
Asian Other
14
Black African
12
Black Caribbean
3
Black Other
3
Arab
4
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
524
England
400
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
7
Italy
5
Portugal
1
Spain
4
Poland
13
Turkey
2
Nigeria
5
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
5
China
5
Bangladesh
2
India
3
Pakistan
6
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
4
USA
4
North America - Other
1
South America
3
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
524
Christian
249
Buddhist
16
Hindu
1
Muslim
22
Sikh
1
Other
4
No religion
188
Not stated
43

Industry

Population
273
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
49
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
26
Information and communication
16
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
26
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
35
Human health and social work
37

Economic Activity

Population
451
England❚CO1 1LL❚
Full-Time employee
166
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
40
Unemployed
26
Retired
70
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
29
Student
50
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
242
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
106
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
7

Housing Types

All categoies
257
Occupied
242
Unoccupied
15
Detached
20
Semi detached
42
Terraced
72
Flat - purpose built
93
Flat - converted
16
Flat - in commerical building
14

Household Size

All categoies
242
One person
93
Two people
104
Three people
21
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO1 1LF CO1 1AZ CO1 1JZ CO1 1LH CO1 1LG CO1 1TH CO1 1TD CO1 1TP CO1 1TB CO1 1SU CO1 1TT CO1 1TN CO1 1BE CO1 1FA CO1 1TW CO1 1TJ CO1 1UA CO1 1UB CO1 1UD CO1 1XL CO1 1UW CO1 1UL CO1 2PF CO1 2QU CO1 2US CO1 2UR CO1 2QX CO1 2YB CO1 2PR CO1 2RX CO1 1UP CO1 1UR CO1 2SD CO1 2RN CO1 2SA CO1 2SB CO1 2RH CO1 2RS CO1 2RG CO1 2RD CO1 2RE CO1 2RA CO1 2RJ CO1 2RQ CO1 2RF CO1 2RT CO1 2YL

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