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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
110
Population
260
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚CO4 4RB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
260
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
181
Single
76
Married
53
Civil partnership
3
Separated
9
Divorced
33
Widowed
7

Health

Population
260
Very good
140
Good
87
Fair
28
Bad
3
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
181
England❚CO4 4RB❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
260
White British
227
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
8
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
260
England
231
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
1
Italy
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
2
Romania
1
Turkey
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
2
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
260
Christian
111
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
Muslim
7
Sikh
3
Other
2
No religion
124
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
115
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
8
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
174
England❚CO4 4RB❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
9
Unemployed
15
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
110
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
37
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
32
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
111
Occupied
110
Unoccupied
1
Detached
8
Semi detached
39
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
8

Household Size

All categoies
110
One person
37
Two people
28
Three people
25
Four people
11
Five people
7
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