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Administrative Areas

Ward
Old Heath and The Hythe
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
148
Population
361
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
132
England❚CO2 7LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
48
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
279
Single
112
Married
122
Separated
8
Divorced
27
Widowed
10

Health

Population
361
Very good
192
Good
127
Fair
33
Bad
7
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
279
England❚CO2 7LS❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
62
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
310
White Irish
1
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
9
Asian Chinese
5
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
313
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
6
Germany
4
Italy
1
Poland
4
Romania
5
Ghana
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
3
Bangladesh
4
USA
1
South America
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
361
Christian
188
Jewish
1
Muslim
6
Other
2
No religion
132
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
212
Manufacturing
15
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
15
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
18
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
24
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚CO2 7LS❚
Full-Time employee
140
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
20
Unemployed
12
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
148
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
82
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
155
Occupied
148
Unoccupied
7
Detached
12
Semi detached
52
Terraced
80
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
148
One person
37
Two people
50
Three people
30
Four people
22
Five people
8
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CO2 7RY CO2 7LQ CO1 2AX CO2 7LR CO2 7LJ CO1 2ET CO1 2AU CO1 2ES CO1 2EP CO1 2ER CO2 7LH CO1 2AT CO2 7LG CO1 2AS CO1 2EE CO1 2ED CO1 2EB CO1 2DL CO1 2DN CO1 2DW CO1 2HS CO1 2HY CO1 2HZ CO1 2JA CO1 2DS CO1 2HD CO1 2EX CO1 2HB CO1 2HU CO1 2HE CO1 2HA CO1 2EZ CO1 2GS CO1 2HH CO1 2HJ CO1 2HF CO1 2HP CO1 2LB CO1 2HR CO1 2HN CO1 2HT CO1 2HX CO1 2JB CO1 2JD CO1 2HW CO1 2NX CO1 2HL CO1 2HG CO1 2FR CO1 2FS

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