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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
128
Population
305
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚CO2 8TQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
75
Married
148
Separated
4
Divorced
14
Widowed
14

Health

Population
305
Very good
144
Good
98
Fair
50
Bad
11
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚CO2 8TQ❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
289
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
1
Black African
1
Arab
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
286
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Germany
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
2
India
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
189
Muslim
4
Other
3
No religion
78
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
155
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
12
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
22
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚CO2 8TQ❚
Full-Time employee
95
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
22
Unemployed
5
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
4
Detached
16
Semi detached
94
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
19

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
31
Two people
49
Three people
23
Four people
18
Five people
7

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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