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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
278
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚CO2 7XE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
83
Married
99
Separated
2
Divorced
29
Widowed
21

Health

Population
278
Very good
109
Good
88
Fair
55
Bad
15
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
England❚CO2 7XE❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
253
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
5
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
7
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
244
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
10
Ireland
1
Germany
5
Italy
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
Sri Lanka
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
165
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
No religion
76
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
116
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
18
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
199
England❚CO2 7XE❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
11
Unemployed
15
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - council
39
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
6
Detached
16
Semi detached
54
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
31
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
50
Two people
30
Three people
19
Four people
15
Five people
5
Six people
3
Eight or over
1

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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