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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
126
Population
318
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚CO2 8RY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
318
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
89
Married
128
Separated
9
Divorced
22
Widowed
14

Health

Population
318
Very good
129
Good
116
Fair
56
Bad
10
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚CO2 8RY❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
318
White British
293
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Other
5
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
318
England
289
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Germany
5
Italy
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
5
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
318
Christian
186
Hindu
4
Other
1
No religion
98
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
165
Mining
1
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
20
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
238
England❚CO2 8RY❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
22
Unemployed
17
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
10

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
3
Detached
16
Semi detached
92
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
29
Two people
46
Three people
22
Four people
17
Five people
9
Six people
3

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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