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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
118
Population
245
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚CO1 2GY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
245
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
38%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
200
Single
115
Married
40
Separated
9
Divorced
31
Widowed
5

Health

Population
245
Very good
110
Good
107
Fair
21
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
200
England❚CO1 2GY❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
245
White British
202
White Irish
1
White Other
24
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Other
4
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
245
England
206
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
5
Portugal
2
Lithuania
1
Poland
6
Ghana
1
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
245
Christian
114
Muslim
3
Other
1
No religion
113
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
148
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
28
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
195
England❚CO1 2GY❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
10
Unemployed
11
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
29
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
37
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
40
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
118
Unoccupied
14
Detached
7
Semi detached
43
Terraced
37
Flat - purpose built
45

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
41
Two people
43
Three people
22
Four people
8
Five people
4

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