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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
126
Population
310
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚CO1 2HE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
76
Married
101
Separated
6
Divorced
36
Widowed
38

Health

Population
310
Very good
126
Good
101
Fair
67
Bad
14
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚CO1 2HE❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
281
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
9
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Arab
3

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
287
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
7
Wales
2
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Middle East
3
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
175
Buddhist
1
Muslim
3
Other
4
No religion
102
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
117
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
13
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
195
England❚CO1 2HE❚
Full-Time employee
77
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
15
Unemployed
9
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - council
48
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
126
Detached
9
Semi detached
31
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
49
Flat - converted
3
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
54
Two people
32
Three people
21
Four people
15
Five people
3
Six people
1

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