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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
125
Population
288
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚CO4 4RD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
288
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
217
Single
78
Married
104
Separated
8
Divorced
21
Widowed
6

Health

Population
288
Very good
146
Good
110
Fair
26
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
217
England❚CO4 4RD❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
288
White British
242
White Irish
1
White Other
9
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
8
Arab
3

Country of Birth

Population
288
England
237
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Germany
7
Lithuania
2
Poland
3
Ghana
2
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
China
2
Hong Kong
2
India
5
Pakistan
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
288
Christian
150
Buddhist
4
Hindu
3
Muslim
10
Other
7
No religion
100
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
163
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
14
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
210
England❚CO4 4RD❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
19
Unemployed
4
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
30
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
125
Detached
19
Semi detached
55
Terraced
46
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
34
Two people
47
Three people
26
Four people
12
Five people
5
Eight or over
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