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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
127
Population
237
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚CO4 5BE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
237
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
79%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
198
Single
91
Married
68
Separated
9
Divorced
24
Widowed
6

Health

Population
237
Very good
140
Good
70
Fair
23
Bad
3
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
198
England❚CO4 5BE❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
24
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
237
White British
174
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
1
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
12
Asian Chinese
11
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
4
Arab
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
237
England
180
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
4
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Lithuania
1
Poland
4
Romania
1
Ghana
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
3
China
3
Hong Kong
3
India
5
Carribean
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
237
Christian
122
Buddhist
4
Hindu
6
Muslim
8
Other
1
No religion
86
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
157
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
14
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
194
England❚CO4 5BE❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
21
Unemployed
11
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
43
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
3
Detached
17
Semi detached
23
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
82
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
54
Two people
50
Three people
12
Four people
9
Five people
1
Six people
1

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CO4 5ZT CO4 5ZL CO4 5ZN CO4 6DU CO4 5ZG CO4 5AL CO4 5GG CO4 5ZH CO4 5ZQ CO4 5ZR CO4 6DY CO4 6DW CO4 5ZJ CO4 6DX CO4 5ZD CO4 5YQ CO4 5YE CO4 5GA CO4 5GF CO4 5GE CO4 9RA CO4 9YR CO4 9QL CO4 9YQ CO4 5JS CO4 9QB CO4 5JB

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