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Administrative Areas

Ward
Castle
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
242
Population
524
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
194
England❚CO1 2QH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
62
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
76
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
524
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
474
Single
231
Married
154
Civil partnership
3
Separated
15
Divorced
50
Widowed
21

Health

Population
524
Very good
228
Good
197
Fair
56
Bad
16
Very bad
50

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
474
England❚CO1 2QH❚
Degree or above
66
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
61
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
65
Apprenticeship
175
Other qualifications
29
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
524
White British
385
White Irish
5
White Other
50
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
11
Asian Other
14
Black African
12
Black Caribbean
3
Black Other
3
Arab
4
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
524
England
400
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
7
Italy
5
Portugal
1
Spain
4
Poland
13
Turkey
2
Nigeria
5
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
5
China
5
Bangladesh
2
India
3
Pakistan
6
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
4
USA
4
North America - Other
1
South America
3
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
524
Christian
249
Buddhist
16
Hindu
1
Muslim
22
Sikh
1
Other
4
No religion
188
Not stated
43

Industry

Population
273
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
49
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
26
Information and communication
16
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
26
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
35
Human health and social work
37

Economic Activity

Population
451
England❚CO1 2QH❚
Full-Time employee
166
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
40
Unemployed
26
Retired
70
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
29
Student
50
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
242
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
106
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
7

Housing Types

All categoies
257
Occupied
242
Unoccupied
15
Detached
20
Semi detached
42
Terraced
72
Flat - purpose built
93
Flat - converted
16
Flat - in commerical building
14

Household Size

All categoies
242
One person
93
Two people
104
Three people
21
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six people
3

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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