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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
136
Population
274
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚CO2 8XA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
46

Age Groups

Population
274
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
219
Single
73
Married
76
Separated
10
Divorced
37
Widowed
23

Health

Population
274
Very good
93
Good
89
Fair
58
Bad
26
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
219
England❚CO2 8XA❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
28
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
274
White British
248
White Irish
3
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
4
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
274
England
249
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
2
Italy
1
Romania
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
India
1
South America
1
Carribean
4

Religion

Population
274
Christian
173
Jewish
2
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
79
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
97
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
7
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
193
England❚CO2 8XA❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
12
Unemployed
17
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
83
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
2
Detached
4
Semi detached
22
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
62
Flat - converted
12

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
64
Two people
37
Three people
17
Four people
9
Five people
6
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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