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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
112
Population
295
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚CO2 8DR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
295
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
214
Single
103
Married
73
Separated
9
Divorced
21
Widowed
8

Health

Population
295
Very good
117
Good
118
Fair
45
Bad
11
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
214
England❚CO2 8DR❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
20
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
80

Ethnicity

Population
295
White British
276
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Bangladeshi
1

Country of Birth

Population
295
England
280
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
1
Wales
3
Germany
1
Portugal
1
Poland
1
Turkey
1
India
2

Religion

Population
295
Christian
132
Sikh
1
Other
4
No religion
138
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
127
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
8
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚CO2 8DR❚
Full-Time employee
71
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
21
Unemployed
20
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
44
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
14
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
119
Occupied
112
Unoccupied
7
Detached
7
Semi detached
24
Terraced
79
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
26
Two people
32
Three people
23
Four people
23
Five people
5
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

CO5 7JL CO2 8EF CO2 8EE CO2 8ED CO2 8EQ CO2 8EH CO2 8EG CO2 8EL CO2 8EN

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