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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
103
Population
206
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚CO4 4RU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
206
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
164
Single
71
Married
52
Separated
5
Divorced
31
Widowed
5

Health

Population
206
Very good
82
Good
73
Fair
25
Bad
17
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
164
England❚CO4 4RU❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
206
White British
186
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
206
England
183
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Germany
3
Poland
1
Romania
1
Hong Kong
1
India
2
USA
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
206
Christian
94
Buddhist
2
Hindu
2
Muslim
1
No religion
85
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
98
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
5
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
151
England❚CO4 4RU❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
11
Unemployed
7
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
103
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
31
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
38
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
104
Occupied
103
Unoccupied
1
Detached
8
Semi detached
39
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
24

Household Size

All categoies
103
One person
47
Two people
31
Three people
11
Four people
9
Five people
3
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