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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
149
Population
257
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
135
England❚CO4 4SJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
59
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
257
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
80%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
112
Married
63
Civil partnership
2
Separated
9
Divorced
30
Widowed
7

Health

Population
257
Very good
129
Good
92
Fair
25
Bad
8
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚CO4 4SJ❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
257
White British
186
White Irish
1
White Other
31
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
3
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
257
England
190
Scotland
3
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
4
Lithuania
9
Poland
7
Nigeria
3
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
7
China
4
Bangladesh
1
India
1
Pakistan
5
Philippines
3
South America
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
257
Christian
123
Hindu
1
Muslim
16
Other
4
No religion
96
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
164
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
11
Human health and social work
35

Economic Activity

Population
218
England❚CO4 4SJ❚
Full-Time employee
134
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
7
Unemployed
6
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
149
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
55
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
149
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
30
Terraced
52
Flat - purpose built
62
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
149
One person
75
Two people
51
Three people
16
Four people
4
Five people
2
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