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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
119
Population
273
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚CO2 8EZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
54
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
273
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
84%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
47%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
10%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
153
Married
50
Separated
6
Divorced
23

Health

Population
273
Very good
170
Good
82
Fair
17
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
England❚CO2 8EZ❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
273
White British
183
White Irish
4
White Other
26
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
5
Asian Chinese
11
Asian Other
13
Black African
14
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
2
Arab
8
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
273
England
181
Nortern Ireland
6
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
8
Spain
2
Lithuania
1
Poland
8
Ghana
1
Nigeria
3
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
8
China
9
India
3
Philippines
11
Central America
1
South America
2
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
273
Christian
132
Hindu
5
Muslim
13
Sikh
2
Other
1
No religion
111
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
151
Manufacturing
7
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
22
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚CO2 8EZ❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
11
Unemployed
11
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
70
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
67
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
8
Detached
12
Semi detached
7
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
89
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
36
Two people
49
Three people
11
Four people
15
Five people
4
Six people
3
Eight or over
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