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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
130
Population
278
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
108
England❚CO3 3DQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
33%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
124
Married
78
Separated
6
Divorced
30
Widowed
7

Health

Population
278
Very good
144
Good
89
Fair
30
Bad
10
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
England❚CO3 3DQ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
104
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
203
White Irish
7
White Other
22
Mixed Asian
10
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
2
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
9
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
6
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
208
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
5
Italy
1
Spain
2
Poland
5
Romania
1
Turkey
1
Nigeria
2
South Africa
2
Middle East
3
China
1
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
3
Philippines
4
USA
2
North America - Other
2
South America
3
Carribean
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
148
Buddhist
3
Hindu
3
Muslim
9
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
95
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
169
Manufacturing
6
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
24
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
230
England❚CO3 3DQ❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
24
Unemployed
8
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
32
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
45
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
4
Detached
26
Semi detached
16
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
49
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
49
Two people
42
Three people
23
Four people
8
Five people
6
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

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