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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
127
Population
301
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚CO2 8EA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
53

Age Groups

Population
301
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
221
Single
103
Married
65
Separated
10
Divorced
36
Widowed
7

Health

Population
301
Very good
126
Good
111
Fair
44
Bad
15
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
221
England❚CO2 8EA❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
36
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
301
White British
263
White Irish
2
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
2
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
301
England
260
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
5
Italy
1
Portugal
2
Romania
5
China
2
Hong Kong
1
India
4
USA
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
301
Christian
132
Buddhist
3
Hindu
4
Jewish
1
Muslim
4
No religion
139
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
122
Manufacturing
7
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
12
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚CO2 8EA❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
20
Unemployed
18
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
19
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
72
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
14
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
1
Detached
6
Semi detached
33
Terraced
58
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - converted
17
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
37
Two people
39
Three people
28
Four people
14
Five people
8
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