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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
126
Population
357
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
125
England❚CO4 4FD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
357
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
250
Single
96
Married
111
Separated
9
Divorced
29
Widowed
5

Health

Population
357
Very good
175
Good
124
Fair
46
Bad
10
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
250
England❚CO4 4FD❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
60
Apprenticeship
52
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
357
White British
290
White Irish
1
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
7
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Other
17
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
9

Country of Birth

Population
357
England
294
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
5
Portugal
1
Lithuania
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
2
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
9
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
2
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
8
Central America
1

Religion

Population
357
Christian
177
Hindu
4
Jewish
3
Muslim
13
No religion
140
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
160
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
22
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
248
England❚CO4 4FD❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
23
Unemployed
18
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
28
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
32
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
71
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
1
Detached
19
Semi detached
35
Terraced
51
Flat - purpose built
22

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
22
Two people
33
Three people
32
Four people
26
Five people
9
Six people
4

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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