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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
116
Population
249
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚CO2 8FQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
249
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
46%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
197
Single
140
Married
33
Separated
6
Divorced
17
Widowed
1

Health

Population
249
Very good
132
Good
86
Fair
26
Bad
4
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
197
England❚CO2 8FQ❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
24
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
249
White British
167
White Other
45
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
2
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
6
Arab
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
249
England
175
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Germany
4
Spain
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
11
Romania
1
Turkey
4
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
China
3
Hong Kong
2
India
2
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
249
Christian
96
Buddhist
3
Muslim
8
Sikh
2
No religion
127
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
119
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
13
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
197
England❚CO2 8FQ❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
17
Unemployed
10
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
51
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
116
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
56
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
116
Unoccupied
6
Detached
6
Semi detached
11
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
75
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
5

Household Size

All categoies
116
One person
34
Two people
55
Three people
12
Four people
8
Five people
5
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