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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
97
Population
166
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚CO4 4PU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
166
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
80%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
39%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
137
Single
69
Married
41
Separated
7
Divorced
17
Widowed
3

Health

Population
166
Very good
81
Good
59
Fair
18
Bad
7
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
137
England❚CO4 4PU❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
36
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
10

Ethnicity

Population
166
White British
124
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
4
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
166
England
130
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Germany
2
Lithuania
2
Poland
4
Romania
5
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
4
China
1
Pakistan
2
Sri Lanka
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
166
Christian
64
Buddhist
3
Muslim
8
Other
1
No religion
72
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
109
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
6
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
135
England❚CO4 4PU❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
7
Unemployed
6
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
97
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
55
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
99
Occupied
97
Unoccupied
2
Detached
4
Semi detached
3
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
87
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
97
One person
57
Two people
22
Three people
10
Four people
5
Five 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