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Administrative Areas

Ward
Old Heath and The Hythe
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
143
Population
348
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
England❚CO1 2EZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
348
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
276
Single
101
Married
119
Separated
9
Divorced
33
Widowed
14

Health

Population
348
Very good
183
Good
118
Fair
40
Bad
5
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
276
England❚CO1 2EZ❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
90
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
348
White British
317
White Irish
7
White Other
18
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
348
England
309
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
2
Romania
2
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
2
China
2
USA
2
North America - Other
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
348
Christian
171
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
153
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
199
Mining
1
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
37
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
255
England❚CO1 2EZ❚
Full-Time employee
125
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
17
Unemployed
13
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
85
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
22

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
3
Detached
7
Semi detached
93
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
6
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
36
Two people
47
Three people
27
Four people
28
Five people
5

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