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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
198
Population
458
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
185
England❚CO1 2LX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
69
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
48

Age Groups

Population
458
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
354
Single
186
Married
111
Separated
13
Divorced
38
Widowed
6

Health

Population
458
Very good
241
Good
171
Fair
35
Bad
10
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
354
England❚CO1 2LX❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
135
Other qualifications
26
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
458
White British
313
White Irish
6
White Other
54
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
13
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Other
14
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
3
Arab
20
Other
9

Country of Birth

Population
458
England
310
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
14
Wales
3
Ireland
4
France
2
Germany
4
Spain
1
Lithuania
4
Poland
17
Romania
3
Turkey
4
Nigeria
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
21
India
8
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
2
North America - Other
1
Central America
2
South America
5
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
458
Christian
186
Buddhist
2
Hindu
17
Jewish
1
Muslim
44
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
176
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
237
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
17
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
17
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
23
Human health and social work
47

Economic Activity

Population
347
England❚CO1 2LX❚
Full-Time employee
166
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
21
Unemployed
20
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
55
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
11

Housing Tenure

All categoies
198
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
62
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
88
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
219
Occupied
198
Unoccupied
21
Detached
7
Semi detached
33
Terraced
107
Flat - purpose built
59
Flat - converted
13

Household Size

All categoies
198
One person
63
Two people
58
Three people
44
Four people
24
Five people
8
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 2BX CO1 2GN CO1 2DR CO1 2DT CO1 2ZJ CO1 2EW CO1 2JH CO1 2JQ CO1 2JJ CO1 2JL CO1 2LU CO1 2DZ CO1 2DU CO1 2LW CO1 2LL CO1 2LJ CO1 2LN CO1 2LP CO1 2LR CO1 2LS CO1 2LH CO1 2WB CO1 2ZP CO1 2ZQ CO1 2ZR CO1 2UZ CO1 2WA CO1 2UU CO1 2ZL CO1 2ZN CO1 2UY CO1 2JG CO1 2JE CO1 2NA CO1 2JF CO1 2FT CO1 2NZ CO1 2FP CO1 2NU CO1 2NN CO1 2FY 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