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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
146
Population
338
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚CO2 8AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
338
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
285
Single
88
Married
156
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
15

Health

Population
338
Very good
173
Good
118
Fair
38
Bad
7
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
285
England❚CO2 8AR❚
Degree or above
53
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
338
White British
289
White Irish
3
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
10
Asian Other
13
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
338
England
285
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
3
Germany
9
Lithuania
3
Romania
1
South Africa
3
China
2
Hong Kong
5
Bangladesh
1
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
North America - Other
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
338
Christian
189
Buddhist
9
Jewish
1
Muslim
5
Other
2
No religion
114
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
201
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
44
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
20
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
269
England❚CO2 8AR❚
Full-Time employee
116
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
23
Unemployed
12
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
146
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
68
Rented - council
4
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
149
Occupied
146
Unoccupied
3
Detached
93
Semi detached
7
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
45
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
146
One person
40
Two people
54
Three people
24
Four people
23
Five people
4
Six 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