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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
350
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
124
England❚CO4 5GT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
350
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
37%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
252
Single
68
Married
154
Separated
4
Divorced
22
Widowed
4

Health

Population
350
Very good
234
Good
93
Fair
18
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
252
England❚CO4 5GT❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
109
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
350
White British
269
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
17
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
24
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
4
Black Other
1
Arab
7

Country of Birth

Population
350
England
267
Scotland
4
Wales
7
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
3
Nigeria
4
Middle East
8
China
4
Hong Kong
1
India
8
Pakistan
1
Sri Lanka
10
Philippines
7
USA
1
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
350
Christian
188
Buddhist
10
Hindu
13
Muslim
12
Other
1
No religion
114
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
210
Manufacturing
13
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
18
Real estate
8
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
20
Human health and social work
46

Economic Activity

Population
249
England❚CO4 5GT❚
Full-Time employee
136
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
33
Unemployed
7
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
16
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
86
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
2
Detached
61
Semi detached
35
Terraced
27
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
21
Two people
37
Three people
29
Four people
33
Five people
6
Six people
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