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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
54
Population
182
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
England❚CO4 0SA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
182
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
150
Single
34
Married
81
Separated
2
Divorced
4
Widowed
29

Health

Population
182
Very good
77
Good
57
Fair
32
Bad
15
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
150
England❚CO4 0SA❚
Degree or above
9
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
182
White British
163
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
8
Black Caribbean
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
182
England
165
Ireland
2
France
2
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
3
Sri Lanka
5

Religion

Population
182
Christian
108
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Muslim
4
No religion
53
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
75
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
10
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
114
England❚CO4 0SA❚
Full-Time employee
39
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
12
Unemployed
1
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - private landlord
7

Housing Types

All categoies
54
Occupied
54
Detached
30
Semi detached
16
Terraced
7
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
8
Two people
20
Three people
14
Four people
7
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

CO4 0EW

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