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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
83
Population
218
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚CO4 4TU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
218
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
153
Single
61
Married
72
Separated
2
Divorced
17
Widowed
1

Health

Population
218
Very good
136
Good
54
Fair
23
Bad
4
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
153
England❚CO4 4TU❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
218
White British
174
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
9
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
7

Country of Birth

Population
218
England
174
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Germany
2
Lithuania
2
Poland
2
Romania
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
7
China
2
Pakistan
1
Philippines
5
North America - Other
2

Religion

Population
218
Christian
110
Muslim
16
No religion
78
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
120
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
14
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
150
England❚CO4 4TU❚
Full-Time employee
81
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
10
Unemployed
6
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
83
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
45
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
25
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
83
Occupied
83
Detached
2
Semi detached
50
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
7

Household Size

All categoies
83
One person
16
Two people
34
Three people
12
Four people
11
Five people
6
Six people
4

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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