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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
120
Population
254
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚CO2 8HR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
254
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
202
Single
50
Married
88
Separated
5
Divorced
42
Widowed
17

Health

Population
254
Very good
98
Good
85
Fair
55
Bad
12
Very bad
42

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
202
England❚CO2 8HR❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
24
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
254
White British
237
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
3
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
254
England
230
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Germany
6
Zimbabwe
1
Philippines
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
254
Christian
115
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
112
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
97
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
16
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
182
England❚CO2 8HR❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
15
Unemployed
14
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
59
Owned with mortgage
22
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
5
Detached
20
Semi detached
49
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
5
Caravan
44

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
48
Two people
40
Three people
13
Four people
12
Five people
3
Six people
4

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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