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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
104
Population
252
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
58
England❚CO4 4BE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
252
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
205
Single
42
Married
128
Separated
2
Divorced
11
Widowed
22

Health

Population
252
Very good
107
Good
103
Fair
32
Bad
7
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
205
England❚CO4 4BE❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
252
White British
237
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Asian Chinese
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
252
England
231
Scotland
2
Wales
5
Germany
2
Italy
1
Lithuania
2
South Africa
1
China
2
Bangladesh
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
252
Christian
164
Buddhist
1
Muslim
3
Other
3
No religion
72
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
109
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
169
England❚CO4 4BE❚
Full-Time employee
67
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
15
Unemployed
3
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
104
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
38
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
105
Occupied
104
Unoccupied
1
Detached
91
Semi detached
10
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
104
One person
27
Two people
39
Three people
12
Four people
20
Five people
5
Six people
1

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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