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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
149
Population
304
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
137
England❚CO4 4QU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
51
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
304
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
106
Married
76
Civil partnership
4
Separated
9
Divorced
36
Widowed
3

Health

Population
304
Very good
167
Good
99
Fair
31
Bad
6
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
England❚CO4 4QU❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
304
White British
254
White Other
17
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
2
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
3
Arab
8
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
304
England
253
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Ireland
1
Germany
4
Italy
1
Poland
12
Ghana
1
Nigeria
7
Middle East
8
China
1
Hong Kong
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
304
Christian
138
Buddhist
4
Hindu
2
Muslim
7
Other
1
No religion
130
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
178
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
20
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
227
England❚CO4 4QU❚
Full-Time employee
124
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
12
Unemployed
12
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
149
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
56
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
155
Occupied
149
Unoccupied
6
Detached
17
Semi detached
29
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
47
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
149
One person
65
Two people
40
Three people
24
Four people
16
Five people
2
Six people
1
Seven 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