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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
115
Population
278
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚CO1 2RT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
217
Single
60
Married
112
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
13

Health

Population
278
Very good
126
Good
104
Fair
40
Bad
6
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
217
England❚CO1 2RT❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
211
White Irish
4
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
9
Asian Indian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
11
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
8
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
226
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Portugal
2
Poland
3
Romania
1
Nigeria
3
Middle East
2
Bangladesh
5
India
4
Sri Lanka
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
5

Religion

Population
278
Christian
170
Hindu
1
Muslim
11
No religion
69
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
129
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
17
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
197
England❚CO1 2RT❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
18
Unemployed
5
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
14
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
5
Detached
14
Semi detached
74
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
8

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
43
Two people
31
Three people
12
Four people
19
Five people
5
Six people
3
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

CO1 1LF CO1 1AZ CO1 1JZ CO1 1LH CO1 1LG CO1 1DN CO1 1TH CO1 1LE CO1 1TD CO1 1TP CO1 1TB CO1 1SU CO1 1TT CO1 1TN CO1 1BE CO1 1FA CO1 1TW CO1 1TJ CO1 2PQ CO1 2PJ CO1 1LD CO1 2PH CO1 2PG CO1 1UE CO1 1JH CO1 1UF CO1 1WR CO1 1UG CO1 1TL CO1 1UA CO1 1UB CO1 1UD CO1 1XL CO1 1UN CO1 1UW CO1 1UL CO1 2GD CO1 2QB CO1 2QE CO1 2QN CO1 2GP CO1 2QL CO1 2RP CO1 2QD CO1 2PF CO1 2QU CO1 2US CO1 2UR CO1 2QS CO1 2RW CO1 2GE CO1 2QX CO1 2PS CO1 2YB CO1 2PR CO1 2RX CO1 2QW CO1 2RB CO1 1UP CO1 1UR CO1 2RU CO1 2RL CO1 2SD CO1 2RN CO1 2SA CO1 2SB CO1 2RH CO1 2RR CO1 2RD

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