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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
180
Population
411
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
159
England❚CO4 4UX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
50

Age Groups

Population
411
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
305
Single
123
Married
116
Separated
9
Divorced
42
Widowed
15

Health

Population
411
Very good
216
Good
136
Fair
48
Bad
10
Very bad
42

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
305
England❚CO4 4UX❚
Degree or above
61
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
59
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
411
White British
364
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
1
White Other
20
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
6
Black African
2
Black Other
1
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
411
England
361
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
4
Germany
2
Poland
9
Romania
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
2
China
1
India
5
Philippines
6
South America
4
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
411
Christian
211
Hindu
3
Muslim
1
No religion
172
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
229
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
55
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
14
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
297
England❚CO4 4UX❚
Full-Time employee
156
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
18
Unemployed
10
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
180
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
82
Shared ownership
10
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
31
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
184
Occupied
180
Unoccupied
4
Detached
12
Semi detached
68
Terraced
97
Flat - purpose built
7

Household Size

All categoies
180
One person
53
Two people
62
Three people
34
Four people
26
Five people
2
Six people
3

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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