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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
167
Population
493
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
165
England❚CO2 9LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
121
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
493
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
19%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
37%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
2%
60 - 74
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
333
Single
46
Married
267
Civil partnership
5
Separated
10
Divorced
5

Health

Population
493
Very good
324
Good
150
Fair
12
Bad
6
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
333
England❚CO2 9LJ❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
86
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
79
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
35
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
493
White British
422
White Other
17
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
13
Black African
12
Black Caribbean
9
Black Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
493
England
380
Nortern Ireland
7
Scotland
21
Wales
14
Germany
13
Poland
1
Ghana
10
South Africa
10
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Philippines
1
South America
2
Carribean
6
Antarctica and Oceanea
7

Religion

Population
493
Christian
283
Buddhist
5
Hindu
7
Sikh
1
No religion
162
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
247
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
150
Education
7
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
333
England❚CO2 9LJ❚
Full-Time employee
201
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
8
Unemployed
16
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
41
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
167
Owned with mortgage
6
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
27
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
118

Housing Types

All categoies
198
Occupied
167
Unoccupied
31
Detached
18
Semi detached
78
Terraced
81
Flat - purpose built
21

Household Size

All categoies
167
One person
8
Two people
52
Three people
64
Four people
30
Five people
9
Six people
4

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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