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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
127
Population
246
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚CO1 1ST❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
246
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
32%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
193
Single
74
Married
72
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
28
Widowed
11

Health

Population
246
Very good
115
Good
86
Fair
32
Bad
10
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
193
England❚CO1 1ST❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
246
White British
194
White Irish
2
White Other
20
Mixed Asian
7
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
4
Black African
1
Arab
2
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
246
England
193
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
3
France
4
Germany
3
Spain
2
Romania
1
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
5
China
5
Hong Kong
1
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
2
USA
1
Central America
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
246
Christian
95
Buddhist
5
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
Muslim
4
Other
4
No religion
110
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
121
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
11
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
17
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
188
England❚CO1 1ST❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
21
Unemployed
12
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - council
24
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
37
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
18
Detached
7
Semi detached
8
Terraced
62
Flat - purpose built
44
Flat - converted
23
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
61
Two people
34
Three people
15
Four people
13
Five people
4

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