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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
124
Population
335
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚CO2 8SE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
50

Age Groups

Population
335
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
251
Single
116
Married
75
Civil partnership
1
Separated
6
Divorced
46
Widowed
7

Health

Population
335
Very good
143
Good
123
Fair
43
Bad
21
Very bad
46

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
251
England❚CO2 8SE❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
28
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
100

Ethnicity

Population
335
White British
304
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
2
Black African
6
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1
Arab
13

Country of Birth

Population
335
England
296
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
4
Germany
2
Lithuania
2
Ghana
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
12
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
335
Christian
162
Muslim
12
Other
3
No religion
140
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
135
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
9
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚CO2 8SE❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
19
Unemployed
21
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
25
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
35
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - council
57
Rented - other social
30
Rented - private landlord
8
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
1
Detached
6
Semi detached
58
Terraced
28
Flat - purpose built
22
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
34
Two people
34
Three people
22
Four people
14
Five people
12
Six people
5
Seven 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