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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
139
Population
360
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚CO1 1US❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
360
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
290
Single
104
Married
125
Separated
6
Divorced
41
Widowed
14

Health

Population
360
Very good
195
Good
109
Fair
39
Bad
14
Very bad
41

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
290
England❚CO1 1US❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
90
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
360
White British
288
White Irish
6
White Other
22
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Bangladeshi
11
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
10
Black African
2
Arab
3
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
360
England
298
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
4
Italy
1
Poland
2
Turkey
4
Ghana
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
3
China
4
Bangladesh
5
Pakistan
2
Philippines
8
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
360
Christian
153
Jewish
1
Muslim
11
Other
1
No religion
157
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
188
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
29
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
267
England❚CO1 1US❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
19
Unemployed
13
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - council
8
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
3
Detached
21
Semi detached
55
Terraced
60
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
39
Two people
43
Three people
18
Four people
22
Five people
11
Six people
5
Eight or over
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