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Administrative Areas

Ward
New Town and Christ Church
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
172
Population
352
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
166
England❚CO1 2BZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
59
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
48

Age Groups

Population
352
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
77%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
34%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
279
Single
151
Married
83
Civil partnership
1
Separated
10
Divorced
29
Widowed
5

Health

Population
352
Very good
176
Good
129
Fair
35
Bad
9
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
279
England❚CO1 2BZ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
29
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
352
White British
248
White Irish
4
White Other
38
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
5
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
15
Black African
1
Arab
13
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
352
England
254
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
4
Italy
1
Spain
2
Lithuania
6
Poland
11
Romania
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
13
China
3
India
2
Sri Lanka
3
Philippines
5
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
8
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
352
Christian
144
Buddhist
5
Hindu
9
Muslim
16
Other
4
No religion
153
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
198
Manufacturing
18
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
27
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
276
England❚CO1 2BZ❚
Full-Time employee
136
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
23
Unemployed
10
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
34
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
172
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
26
Rented - private landlord
80
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
187
Occupied
172
Unoccupied
15
Detached
9
Semi detached
21
Terraced
83
Flat - purpose built
56
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
13

Household Size

All categoies
172
One person
68
Two people
62
Three people
22
Four people
14
Five people
3
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

CO1 2EA CO1 2DP CO1 2DG CO1 2BY CO1 2DE CO1 2DD CO1 2FN CO1 2DB CO1 2FU CO1 2BU CO1 2LF CO1 2LA CO1 2GN CO1 2DR CO1 2DT CO1 2ZJ CO1 2EW CO1 2JH CO1 2JQ CO1 2JJ CO1 2JL CO1 2LU CO1 2DZ CO1 2LP CO1 2LR CO1 2LS CO1 2WA CO1 2UU CO1 2UY CO1 2JG CO1 2JE CO1 2LX CO1 2NA CO1 2JF CO1 2FT CO1 2NZ CO1 2LZ CO1 2LT CO1 2NB CO1 2NE CO1 2NG CO1 2LY CO1 2NT CO1 2NL CO1 2FP CO1 2NU CO1 2WS CO1 2NN CO1 2NQ CO1 2NJ CO1 2GJ CO1 2FY CO1 2NF CO1 2PW

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