Logo of PostcodeInfo website

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
155
Population
396
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚CO1 1QJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
396
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
322
Single
97
Married
175
Civil partnership
1
Separated
4
Divorced
26
Widowed
19

Health

Population
396
Very good
209
Good
135
Fair
39
Bad
11
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
322
England❚CO1 1QJ❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
87
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
396
White British
324
White Irish
3
White Other
18
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Other
14
Black Other
1
Arab
4
Other
10

Country of Birth

Population
396
England
328
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
4
Romania
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
3
Bangladesh
5
India
3
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
5
Antarctica and Oceanea
4

Religion

Population
396
Christian
228
Buddhist
1
Hindu
7
Jewish
1
Muslim
12
Other
3
No religion
110
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
202
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
27
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
305
England❚CO1 1QJ❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
58
Self employed
29
Unemployed
13
Retired
62
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
155
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
51
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
159
Occupied
155
Unoccupied
4
Detached
46
Semi detached
80
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
155
One person
43
Two people
45
Three people
26
Four people
27
Five people
9
Six people
5

Nearby postcodes

CO1 1JX CO1 1GD CO1 1LY CO1 1YH CO1 1AT CO1 1XW CO1 1XT CO1 1BX CO1 2RZ CO1 1XX CO1 1BU CO1 1BW CO1 1BP CO1 1BN CO1 1YN

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