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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
123
Population
232
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚CO2 8BJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
232
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
204
Single
66
Married
81
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
26
Widowed
18

Health

Population
232
Very good
94
Good
73
Fair
47
Bad
12
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
204
England❚CO2 8BJ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
232
White British
195
White Irish
1
White Other
18
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
5
Black African
7
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
232
England
190
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Ireland
1
France
2
Germany
4
Italy
1
Turkey
1
Nigeria
4
South Africa
3
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Philippines
1
USA
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
232
Christian
129
Buddhist
3
Hindu
1
Muslim
8
Sikh
2
No religion
68
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
111
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
8
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
11
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
167
England❚CO2 8BJ❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
16
Unemployed
10
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
35
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
35
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
6
Detached
17
Semi detached
30
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
61
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
57
Two people
40
Three people
12
Four people
12
Five people
1
Six people
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