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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
132
Population
306
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚CO2 8AF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
306
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
73
Married
136
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
22
Widowed
16

Health

Population
306
Very good
133
Good
130
Fair
35
Bad
7
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
England❚CO2 8AF❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
306
White British
291
White Irish
3
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
306
England
284
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
5
Poland
1
Middle East
4
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
306
Christian
186
Jewish
1
Muslim
4
No religion
92
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
168
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
20
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
226
England❚CO2 8AF❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
58
Self employed
15
Unemployed
10
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
65
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
5
Detached
19
Semi detached
63
Terraced
48
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
37
Two people
53
Three people
14
Four people
22
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
1

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