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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
241
Population
519
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
211
England❚CO1 1PL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
89
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
52

Age Groups

Population
519
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
39%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
445
Single
232
Married
101
Separated
15
Divorced
43
Widowed
54

Health

Population
519
Very good
260
Good
184
Fair
55
Bad
13
Very bad
43

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
445
England❚CO1 1PL❚
Degree or above
64
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
73
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
122
Other qualifications
28
No qualifications
93

Ethnicity

Population
519
White British
410
White Irish
3
White Other
50
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
6
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
2
Arab
9
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
519
England
394
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
10
Wales
7
Ireland
2
France
2
Germany
10
Italy
1
Portugal
3
Spain
1
Poland
26
Turkey
2
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
13
China
1
Hong Kong
3
Bangladesh
1
India
2
Pakistan
3
North America - Other
5
South America
4
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
519
Christian
229
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Muslim
19
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
225
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
278
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
48
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
26
Information and communication
14
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
18
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
25
Human health and social work
37

Economic Activity

Population
381
England❚CO1 1PL❚
Full-Time employee
195
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
25
Unemployed
13
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
25
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
44
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
241
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
11
Rented - other social
54
Rented - private landlord
102
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
9

Housing Types

All categoies
273
Occupied
241
Unoccupied
32
Detached
12
Semi detached
19
Terraced
47
Flat - purpose built
134
Flat - converted
14
Flat - in commerical building
47

Household Size

All categoies
241
One person
107
Two people
76
Three people
35
Four people
16
Five people
4
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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