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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
62
Population
188
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
England❚CO4 4UR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
1

Age Groups

Population
188
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
145
Single
30
Married
106
Separated
1
Divorced
5
Widowed
3

Health

Population
188
Very good
123
Good
47
Fair
15
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
145
England❚CO4 4UR❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
74
Other qualifications
1
No qualifications
8

Ethnicity

Population
188
White British
158
White Irish
10
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
1
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
188
England
165
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
3
Nigeria
2
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
4
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
188
Christian
122
No religion
45
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
93
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
10
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
140
England❚CO4 4UR❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
18
Unemployed
2
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
62
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
63
Occupied
62
Unoccupied
1
Detached
58
Semi detached
2
Terraced
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
62
One person
2
Two people
22
Three people
16
Four people
16
Five people
6

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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