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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
125
Population
295
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚CO4 5FZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
56
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
295
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
36%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
107
Married
94
Civil partnership
1
Separated
4
Divorced
24
Widowed
2

Health

Population
295
Very good
219
Good
55
Fair
18
Bad
2
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
England❚CO4 5FZ❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
295
White British
239
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
18
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Other
6
Black African
12
Arab
8
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
295
England
240
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
4
Lithuania
1
Poland
5
Romania
4
Nigeria
5
South Africa
2
Middle East
8
India
3

Religion

Population
295
Christian
129
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Muslim
12
Sikh
3
No religion
115
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
196
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
18
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
19
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚CO4 5FZ❚
Full-Time employee
152
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
18
Unemployed
4
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
62
Shared ownership
10
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
41
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
125
Detached
8
Semi detached
13
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
50
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
28
Two people
54
Three people
22
Four people
16
Five people
3
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

CO4 5LW CO4 5LN CO4 5NS CO4 5JE CO4 5YA CO4 5DP CO4 5XN CO4 5EE CO4 5PL CO4 5YU CO4 5JQ CO4 6AL CO4 6BU CO4 5WT CO4 5YW CO4 5ZP CO4 5WU CO4 5XA CO4 5XZ CO4 5DS CO4 9EW CO4 9FZ CO4 5XX CO4 5WZ CO4 5XS CO4 5JF CO4 5GQ CO4 9ET CO4 9EU CO4 5FN CO4 5XQ

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