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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
132
Population
285
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚CO2 8EW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
285
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
235
Single
110
Married
83
Civil partnership
4
Separated
3
Divorced
25
Widowed
10

Health

Population
285
Very good
123
Good
109
Fair
41
Bad
10
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
235
England❚CO2 8EW❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
285
White British
254
White Irish
1
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
4
Arab
5
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
285
England
252
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
4
South Africa
2
Middle East
8
India
2
Philippines
2

Religion

Population
285
Christian
129
Muslim
10
Other
2
No religion
125
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
135
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚CO2 8EW❚
Full-Time employee
84
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
23
Unemployed
18
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
6
Detached
25
Semi detached
20
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
41
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
49
Two people
44
Three people
18
Four people
13
Five people
6
Six people
2

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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