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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
132
Population
185
Males
60%
Females
40%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
126
England❚CO4 4UU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
57

Age Groups

Population
185
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
85%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
38%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
2%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
164
Single
104
Married
26
Separated
9
Divorced
22
Widowed
3

Health

Population
185
Very good
75
Good
66
Fair
28
Bad
14
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
164
England❚CO4 4UU❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
185
White British
128
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
27
Mixed Other
3
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
2
Black African
5
Arab
3
Other
10

Country of Birth

Population
185
England
137
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Lithuania
5
Poland
7
Romania
3
Ghana
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
3
Hong Kong
2
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
185
Christian
92
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
Muslim
8
Other
2
No religion
57
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
102
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
7
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
4
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
161
England❚CO4 4UU❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
3
Unemployed
22
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
20
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
25
Rented - private landlord
77
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
3
Detached
1
Semi detached
9
Terraced
8
Flat - purpose built
114
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
97
Two people
24
Three people
6
Four people
3
Five people
2

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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