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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
96
Population
134
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
65
England❚CO4 4TJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
134
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
33%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
8%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
121
Single
54
Married
26
Separated
9
Divorced
15
Widowed
17

Health

Population
134
Very good
55
Good
41
Fair
25
Bad
10
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
121
England❚CO4 4TJ❚
Degree or above
13
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
17
Apprenticeship
26
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
134
White British
100
White Irish
4
White Other
17
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
3
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
134
England
92
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
2
France
1
Lithuania
3
Poland
7
South Africa
5
Middle East
2
China
1
India
2
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
134
Christian
76
Hindu
3
Muslim
4
No religion
41
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
69
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
9
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
7
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
4
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
99
England❚CO4 4TJ❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
8
Unemployed
4
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
96
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
11
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
43
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
97
Occupied
96
Unoccupied
1
Detached
2
Semi detached
2
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
89
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
96
One person
72
Two people
14
Three people
7
Four people
2
Five 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