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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
132
Population
268
Males
36%
Females
64%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
58
England❚CO1 1PY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
268
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
42%
65 or over
44%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
10%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
39%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
63
Married
58
Separated
6
Divorced
31
Widowed
74

Health

Population
268
Very good
92
Good
80
Fair
61
Bad
29
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
England❚CO1 1PY❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
77

Ethnicity

Population
268
White British
231
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Asian
9
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
5

Country of Birth

Population
268
England
226
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
4
France
1
Ghana
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
4
China
1
Hong Kong
4
Bangladesh
2
India
1
Pakistan
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
268
Christian
157
Jewish
2
Muslim
5
Other
3
No religion
84
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
88
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
6
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
128
England❚CO1 1PY❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
10
Unemployed
2
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
16

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
24
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
70
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
5
Detached
6
Semi detached
16
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
76
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
75
Two people
33
Three people
12
Four people
8
Five people
3
Eight or over
1

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