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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
115
Population
319
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚CO2 8EL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
49%
65 or over
33%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
24%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
261
Single
49
Married
125
Separated
3
Divorced
22
Widowed
62

Health

Population
319
Very good
106
Good
102
Fair
50
Bad
57
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
261
England❚CO2 8EL❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
110

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
305
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
3
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
305
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Germany
4
Italy
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
172
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
78
Not stated
65

Industry

Population
115
Mining
2
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
13
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
183
England❚CO2 8EL❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
17
Unemployed
6
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
14
Rented - private landlord
10

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
5
Detached
34
Semi detached
46
Terraced
28
Flat - purpose built
12

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
36
Two people
41
Three people
15
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

CO2 8DS CO2 8DP CO2 8DR CO2 8ED

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