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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
102
Population
289
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚CO4 4RR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
53

Age Groups

Population
289
Under 16
33%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
24%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
193
Single
97
Married
50
Separated
14
Divorced
26
Widowed
6

Health

Population
289
Very good
140
Good
93
Fair
36
Bad
16
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
193
England❚CO4 4RR❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
19
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
289
White British
250
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
5
Black African
7
Black Caribbean
3
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
289
England
256
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
2
France
1
Germany
4
Spain
1
Nigeria
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
2
Pakistan
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
289
Christian
119
Buddhist
4
Muslim
7
Other
3
No religion
131
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
87
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
5
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
189
England❚CO4 4RR❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
9
Unemployed
27
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
36
Unemployed 16 - 24
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
15

Housing Tenure

All categoies
102
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
77
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
103
Occupied
102
Unoccupied
1
Detached
14
Semi detached
42
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
102
One person
17
Two people
28
Three people
32
Four people
12
Five people
8
Six people
4
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

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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