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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
126
Population
298
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚CO4 5FN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
298
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
98
Married
82
Separated
11
Divorced
24
Widowed
5

Health

Population
298
Very good
176
Good
99
Fair
17
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚CO4 5FN❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
298
White British
267
White Other
13
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
5
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
298
England
266
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
7
Kenya
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
298
Christian
153
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
No religion
119
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
185
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
19
Real estate
9
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
12
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
216
England❚CO4 5FN❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
26
Unemployed
3
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
10
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
69
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
1
Detached
18
Semi detached
21
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
31
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
34
Two people
45
Three people
22
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six 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