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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
123
Population
331
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚CO4 5FJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
331
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
35%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
235
Single
71
Married
131
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
7

Health

Population
331
Very good
239
Good
70
Fair
17
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
235
England❚CO4 5FJ❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
95
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
331
White British
298
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
8
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
3

Country of Birth

Population
331
England
295
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
3
Sri Lanka
5
Philippines
1
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
331
Christian
193
Buddhist
2
Jewish
3
Other
2
No religion
109
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
208
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
21
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
30
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
233
England❚CO4 5FJ❚
Full-Time employee
145
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
18
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
3
Student
14

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
85
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
3
Detached
41
Semi detached
33
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
22
Two people
39
Three people
27
Four people
28
Five people
6
Eight or over
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