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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
62
Population
1428
Males
88%
Females
12%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
55
England❚CO2 7GU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
1428
Under 16
2%
16 - 64
98%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
54%
30 - 44
38%
45 - 59
5%
60 - 74
1%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
1405
Single
1192
Married
95
Separated
56
Divorced
57
Widowed
5

Health

Population
1428
Very good
1062
Good
354
Fair
8
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
1405
England❚CO2 7GU❚
Degree or above
354
2+ A Levels or equivalent
34
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
298
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
124
Apprenticeship
490
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
1428
White British
1306
White Irish
9
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
10
Black African
30
Black Caribbean
34
Arab
3

Country of Birth

Population
1428
England
1104
Nortern Ireland
50
Scotland
71
Wales
53
Ireland
3
Germany
40
Poland
2
Ghana
14
Kenya
13
South Africa
23
Middle East
3
China
2
Hong Kong
10
Bangladesh
1
USA
2
Carribean
23
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
1428
Christian
1135
Buddhist
8
Hindu
2
Muslim
8
Other
1
No religion
256
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
1324
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1203
Education
7
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
1402
England❚CO2 7GU❚
Full-Time employee
1267
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
7
Unemployed
9
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
62
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
27
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
86
Occupied
62
Unoccupied
24
Detached
4
Semi detached
9
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
29
Flat - converted
11
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
62
One person
24
Two people
19
Three people
13
Four people
5
Five people
1

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