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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
151
Population
398
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
138
England❚CO4 5GF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
55
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
398
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
279
Single
77
Married
158
Separated
13
Divorced
26
Widowed
5

Health

Population
398
Very good
221
Good
147
Fair
22
Bad
4
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
279
England❚CO4 5GF❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
57
Apprenticeship
81
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
398
White British
330
White Other
14
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
10
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
6
Black African
12
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
398
England
344
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
1
France
2
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
3
Romania
3
Ghana
4
Nigeria
4
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
China
1
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
1
India
4
Philippines
4
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
398
Christian
222
Buddhist
1
Hindu
5
Muslim
1
Sikh
3
Other
2
No religion
137
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
225
Mining
2
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
26
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
17
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
272
England❚CO4 5GF❚
Full-Time employee
149
Part-Time employee
60
Self employed
12
Unemployed
8
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
151
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
91
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
26
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
151
Unoccupied
2
Detached
26
Semi detached
81
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
151
One person
26
Two people
50
Three people
36
Four people
31
Five people
8

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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