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Administrative Areas

Ward
Shrub End
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
137
Population
385
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚CO2 9GE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
385
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
290
Single
82
Married
158
Separated
12
Divorced
34
Widowed
4

Health

Population
385
Very good
189
Good
148
Fair
39
Bad
6
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
290
England❚CO2 9GE❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
69
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
385
White British
344
White Other
9
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
14
Black African
11
Black Other
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
385
England
318
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
12
Wales
3
Germany
8
Poland
4
Ghana
4
Nigeria
5
Kenya
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
3
USA
1

Religion

Population
385
Christian
211
Buddhist
4
Hindu
11
Muslim
4
No religion
122
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
185
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
25
Education
17
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
281
England❚CO2 9GE❚
Full-Time employee
111
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
31
Unemployed
10
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
26
Rented - other private
10
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
3
Detached
50
Semi detached
14
Terraced
71
Flat - purpose built
5

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
19
Two people
50
Three people
28
Four people
26
Five people
11
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