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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
133
Population
277
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚CO2 8JA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
247
Single
57
Married
145
Separated
3
Divorced
20
Widowed
22

Health

Population
277
Very good
98
Good
118
Fair
48
Bad
9
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
247
England❚CO2 8JA❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
243
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Chinese
3
Black African
9
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
247
Nortern Ireland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
3
Italy
4
Nigeria
1
Zimbabwe
6
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
1
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
277
Christian
172
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
9
Other
3
No religion
80
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
125
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
13
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚CO2 8JA❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
19
Unemployed
12
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
40
Rented - council
23
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
7
Detached
65
Semi detached
41
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
45
Two people
54
Three people
19
Four people
10
Five people
3
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