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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
128
Population
218
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
England❚CO4 4XR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
218
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
193
Single
60
Married
78
Separated
12
Divorced
25
Widowed
18

Health

Population
218
Very good
89
Good
72
Fair
43
Bad
9
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
193
England❚CO4 4XR❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
52
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
218
White British
193
White Irish
5
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
218
England
183
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
1
Ireland
5
Germany
1
South Africa
5
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
3
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
218
Christian
140
Hindu
4
Muslim
4
Other
3
No religion
51
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
104
Manufacturing
5
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
13
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
164
England❚CO4 4XR❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
12
Unemployed
12
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
42
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
24
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
21
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
3
Detached
18
Semi detached
48
Terraced
37
Flat - purpose built
28

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
65
Two people
43
Three people
14
Four people
5
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