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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
145
Population
342
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚CO1 2QY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
342
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
276
Single
117
Married
118
Separated
9
Divorced
22
Widowed
10

Health

Population
342
Very good
185
Good
104
Fair
39
Bad
11
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
276
England❚CO1 2QY❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
90
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
342
White British
264
White Irish
7
White Other
31
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
7
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
5
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
342
England
267
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
3
France
3
Germany
4
Italy
2
Spain
3
Lithuania
3
Poland
7
Romania
1
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
1
China
2
Hong Kong
1
India
2
Pakistan
5
Sri Lanka
1
USA
3
North America - Other
1
Central America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
342
Christian
181
Buddhist
5
Hindu
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
9
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
115
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
192
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
25
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
22
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
258
England❚CO1 2QY❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
38
Unemployed
8
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
34
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - private landlord
55
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
9
Detached
8
Semi detached
66
Terraced
43
Flat - purpose built
25
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
40
Two people
44
Three people
37
Four people
17
Five people
7

Nearby postcodes

CO1 1FN CO1 1FP CO1 1QY CO1 1WA CO1 1WE CO1 1YP CO1 1ZE CO1 1ZH CO1 1ZT CO1 2FF CO1 2GB CO1 2GQ CO1 2QR CO1 2QT CO1 2QZ CO1 2SX CO1 2SY CO1 2SZ CO1 2TA CO1 2TB CO1 2TG CO1 2TH CO1 2TJ CO1 2TN CO1 2TP CO1 2TQ CO1 2TR CO1 2TS CO1 2TT CO1 2TU CO1 2TX CO1 2TZ CO1 2UD CO1 2UF CO1 2UG CO1 2UJ CO1 2UQ CO1 2UT CO1 2WF CO1 2XJ CO1 2YD CO1 2YE CO1 2YG CO1 2YN CO1 2YR CO1 2YW CO1 2ZD CO1 2ZE CO1 2ZF CO1 2ZG CO2 0YB CO2 8FT CO2 8GD CO2 8GF CO2 8GJ CO2 8GP CO2 8GW CO2 8GZ CO2 8JQ CO2 8LF CO2 8LJ CO2 8LQ CO2 8NW CO2 8WH CO2 8XT CO3 3TQ CO3 3YB CO4 0DZ CO4 0XB CO4 0ZN CO4 3AF CO4 3AW CO4 3BG CO4 3BN CO4 3BP CO4 3BS CO4 3BT CO4 3BU CO4 3BW CO4 3DW CO4 3EH CO4 3EQ CO4 3WP CO6 3EB CO6 3SR CO7 7EZ CO7 7RL

Data Sources

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  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019