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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
104
Population
217
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚CO4 4RF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
217
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
179
Single
87
Married
58
Separated
2
Divorced
27
Widowed
5

Health

Population
217
Very good
93
Good
94
Fair
26
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
179
England❚CO4 4RF❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
46
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
217
White British
190
White Other
15
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
217
England
189
Nortern Ireland
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
India
2
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
217
Christian
113
Buddhist
7
Other
3
No religion
80
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
137
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
13
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
176
England❚CO4 4RF❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
11
Unemployed
4
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
15
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
104
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
104
Occupied
104
Detached
6
Semi detached
42
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
25

Household Size

All categoies
104
One person
36
Two people
37
Three people
20
Four people
9
Five people
1
Six 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