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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
177
Population
387
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
147
England❚CO2 7LY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
387
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
304
Single
119
Married
137
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
30
Widowed
9

Health

Population
387
Very good
186
Good
149
Fair
41
Bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
304
England❚CO2 7LY❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
387
White British
348
White Irish
5
White Gypsy
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
12
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
387
England
338
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
2
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
2
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
1
India
2
North America - Other
2
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
387
Christian
203
Buddhist
4
Hindu
1
Muslim
9
No religion
147
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
217
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
29
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
291
England❚CO2 7LY❚
Full-Time employee
138
Part-Time employee
50
Self employed
24
Unemployed
13
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
177
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
88
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
182
Occupied
177
Unoccupied
5
Detached
29
Semi detached
74
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
28
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
177
One person
55
Two people
72
Three people
24
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

CO2 7LP CO2 7RY CO2 7LT CO2 7LQ CO1 2AX CO2 7LJ CO1 2ET CO1 2AU CO2 7LS 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 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