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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
71
Population
174
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
65
England❚CO1 2GZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
174
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
132
Single
73
Married
25
Separated
4
Divorced
25
Widowed
5

Health

Population
174
Very good
88
Good
56
Fair
23
Bad
6
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
132
England❚CO1 2GZ❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
2
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
174
White British
168
White Irish
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
174
England
157
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
5
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
174
Christian
55
Other
1
No religion
95
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
86
Manufacturing
7
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
9
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
130
England❚CO1 2GZ❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
8
Unemployed
12
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
71
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
29
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
75
Occupied
71
Unoccupied
4
Detached
6
Semi detached
26
Terraced
34
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
71
One person
26
Two people
16
Three people
13
Four people
7
Five people
7
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

CO1 2FH CO1 2FG CO1 2NH CO1 2PU CO1 2FE CO1 2NP CO1 2NR CO1 2GY CO1 2GL CO2 8JU CO2 8JX CO1 2GX CO1 2XE CO1 2NW CO1 2XF CO1 2SP CO2 8JZ CO1 2SJ CO1 2XL CO1 2WG CO1 2XD CO1 2SL CO1 2SN CO1 2TL CO2 8LG CO1 2TE CO1 2SF CO1 2XH CO4 3XF CO2 8LD CO1 2SQ CO1 2SH CO1 2SG CO1 2GF CO4 3AQ CO4 3BE CO4 3XD CO4 3RA CO4 3AG CO4 3ZD CO4 3XE CO4 3XH CO4 3XA

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