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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
163
Population
275
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
143
England❚CO1 1YX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
62
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
275
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
85%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
41%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
155
Married
64
Separated
8
Divorced
23
Widowed
9

Health

Population
275
Very good
133
Good
97
Fair
35
Bad
9
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚CO1 1YX❚
Degree or above
53
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
106
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
275
White British
221
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
21
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
4
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
5
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
275
England
220
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
2
Germany
2
Poland
6
Turkey
1
Ghana
1
Middle East
3
Hong Kong
2
India
5
Sri Lanka
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1
Central America
1
South America
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
3

Religion

Population
275
Christian
133
Buddhist
1
Hindu
6
Muslim
2
Other
6
No religion
110
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
197
Manufacturing
9
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
26
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
249
England❚CO1 1YX❚
Full-Time employee
131
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
28
Unemployed
5
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
33
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
163
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
11
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
75
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
177
Occupied
163
Unoccupied
14
Detached
2
Semi detached
11
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
104
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
11
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
163
One person
78
Two people
60
Three people
23
Four people
2

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