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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
126
Population
254
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚CO3 4WY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
254
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
84%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
39%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
124
Married
61
Separated
7
Divorced
28
Widowed
7

Health

Population
254
Very good
130
Good
94
Fair
23
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚CO3 4WY❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
254
White British
215
White Irish
1
White Other
21
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
4
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
2
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
254
England
205
Scotland
12
Wales
2
France
3
Germany
2
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Poland
4
Turkey
3
Nigeria
1
South Africa
4
Middle East
1
India
1
USA
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
1

Religion

Population
254
Christian
116
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
7
Other
4
No religion
111
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
164
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
23
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
221
England❚CO3 4WY❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
22
Unemployed
18
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
50
Shared ownership
6
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
46
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
5
Detached
12
Semi detached
20
Terraced
58
Flat - purpose built
28
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
51
Two people
43
Three people
18
Four people
10
Five people
1
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO1 2GQ CO1 2QR CO1 2QT CO1 2QY CO1 2QZ CO1 2SX CO1 2SY CO1 2SZ CO1 2TA CO1 2TB CO1 2TN CO1 2TT CO1 2UD CO1 2UF CO1 2UG CO1 2UJ CO1 2UQ CO1 2UT CO1 2WF CO1 2YN CO1 2YR CO1 2YW CO1 2ZD CO1 2ZE CO1 2ZG CO4 0DZ CO4 0XB CO4 3AW CO4 3BG CO4 3BN CO4 3BP CO4 3BS CO4 3BT CO4 3BU CO4 3BW CO4 3DW CO4 3EH CO4 3EQ CO4 3WP

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