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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
429
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
134
England❚CO2 9NA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
80
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
429
Under 16
35%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
22%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
33%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
4%
60 - 74
0%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
279
Single
58
Married
203
Separated
2
Divorced
12
Widowed
4

Health

Population
429
Very good
272
Good
133
Fair
16
Bad
7
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
279
England❚CO2 9NA❚
Degree or above
52
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
66
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
24
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
429
White British
336
White Irish
1
White Other
14
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
26
Black African
20
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
7
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
429
England
305
Nortern Ireland
7
Scotland
21
Wales
9
Germany
15
Poland
5
Turkey
1
Ghana
10
China
1
Hong Kong
9
India
1
Pakistan
2
Philippines
1
USA
3
North America - Other
2
Central America
1
Carribean
5
Antarctica and Oceanea
8

Religion

Population
429
Christian
232
Buddhist
10
Hindu
9
Jewish
3
Muslim
8
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
153
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
200
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
78
Education
13
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
277
England❚CO2 9NA❚
Full-Time employee
155
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
9
Unemployed
15
Retired
1
Looking after home/family
35
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
18
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
25
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
74

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
1
Detached
5
Semi detached
66
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
22

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
7
Two people
34
Three people
49
Four people
32
Five people
11
Six people
4

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