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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
138
Population
319
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚CO2 8AD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
276
Single
77
Married
153
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
14

Health

Population
319
Very good
130
Good
122
Fair
46
Bad
13
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
276
England❚CO2 8AD❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
49
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
284
White Irish
1
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
6
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
281
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Germany
6
Portugal
1
Turkey
1
China
2
India
2
Philippines
2
Central America
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
184
Buddhist
3
Muslim
4
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
100
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
163
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
11
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚CO2 8AD❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
27
Unemployed
9
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
60
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
5
Detached
58
Semi detached
48
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
20
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
34
Two people
55
Three people
23
Four people
24
Five people
2

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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