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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
127
Population
332
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚CO4 4FF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
332
Under 16
33%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
35%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
222
Single
62
Married
132
Civil partnership
1
Separated
3
Divorced
18
Widowed
6

Health

Population
332
Very good
188
Good
113
Fair
25
Bad
4
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
222
England❚CO4 4FF❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
81
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
332
White British
260
White Other
10
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
9
Asian Indian
19
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
11
Black African
3
Black Other
2
Arab
8
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
332
England
277
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Lithuania
1
Poland
5
Turkey
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
India
11
Sri Lanka
3
Philippines
1
USA
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
3

Religion

Population
332
Christian
156
Buddhist
9
Hindu
12
Jewish
1
Muslim
17
Sikh
4
Other
2
No religion
114
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
160
Manufacturing
10
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
17
Human health and social work
39

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚CO4 4FF❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
15
Unemployed
3
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
68
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
3
Detached
29
Semi detached
53
Terraced
28
Flat - purpose built
20

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
40
Two people
23
Three people
21
Four people
35
Five people
5
Six people
3

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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