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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
257
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
67
England❚CO4 4DN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
257
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
47
Married
150
Civil partnership
1
Separated
5
Divorced
10
Widowed
10

Health

Population
257
Very good
134
Good
89
Fair
27
Bad
4
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚CO4 4DN❚
Degree or above
13
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
92
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
257
White British
215
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
23
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
257
England
205
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
2
France
2
Germany
3
Italy
2
India
3
Pakistan
1
Sri Lanka
12
Philippines
1
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
5
Australia
5

Religion

Population
257
Christian
172
Buddhist
10
Hindu
8
Jewish
1
Muslim
4
Other
1
No religion
38
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
117
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
17
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
201
England❚CO4 4DN❚
Full-Time employee
71
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
19
Unemployed
5
Retired
48
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
104
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
107
Occupied
104
Unoccupied
3
Detached
81
Semi detached
19
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
104
One person
17
Two people
45
Three people
19
Four people
22
Five 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