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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
123
Population
334
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚CO2 7JR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
334
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
81
Married
155
Civil partnership
4
Separated
1
Divorced
15
Widowed
19

Health

Population
334
Very good
165
Good
116
Fair
42
Bad
9
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚CO2 7JR❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
334
White British
321
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Black Caribbean
3
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
334
England
295
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
12
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
10
Kenya
1
Philippines
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
334
Christian
220
Jewish
2
Muslim
5
Other
1
No religion
76
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
154
Mining
1
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
8
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
29
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚CO2 7JR❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
15
Unemployed
8
Retired
47
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
59
Owned with mortgage
53
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
5
Detached
26
Semi detached
95
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
17
Two people
51
Three people
21
Four people
24
Five people
6
Six people
2
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

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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