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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
269
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚CO1 1SQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
269
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
123
Married
69
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
22
Widowed
4

Health

Population
269
Very good
142
Good
95
Fair
28
Bad
2
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚CO1 1SQ❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
88
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
269
White British
199
White Irish
4
White Other
23
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
8
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
10
Black African
6
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
269
England
193
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
4
Italy
1
Spain
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
9
Romania
1
Turkey
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
3
China
4
Hong Kong
1
India
7
Pakistan
2
Philippines
6
USA
2
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
269
Christian
122
Buddhist
3
Hindu
5
Jewish
1
Muslim
9
Other
4
No religion
101
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
177
Mining
2
Manufacturing
8
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
24
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
221
England❚CO1 1SQ❚
Full-Time employee
127
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
19
Unemployed
8
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
17
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
39
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
69
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
7
Detached
10
Semi detached
24
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
48
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
48
Two people
54
Three people
11
Four people
16
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CO3 3LF CO3 3LT CO3 3LE CO3 3LG CO3 3LJ CO3 3LP CO1 1WW CO1 1WB CO1 1RL CO1 1WJ CO1 1XA CO1 1SJ CO1 1UU CO1 1ZR CO1 1ZS CO1 1ZP CO1 1UZ CO1 1UX CO1 1BG CO1 1RD CO1 1RE CO1 1RH CO1 1SY CO1 1RB CO1 1RR CO1 1RJ CO1 1RQ CO1 1RX CO1 1SE CO1 1SB CO1 1RU CO1 1RY CO1 1RS CO1 1RT CO1 1SA CO1 1XY CO1 1RZ CO1 1XS CO1 1XN CO1 1US CO1 1AJ CO1 1AG CO1 1AH CO1 1AN CO1 1AU CO1 1DL CO1 1XP CO1 1UT CO1 1XR CO1 1AW CO1 1XF CO1 1AP

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