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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
128
Population
371
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚CO4 5JF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
371
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
270
Single
86
Married
153
Separated
7
Divorced
20
Widowed
4

Health

Population
371
Very good
252
Good
99
Fair
12
Bad
5
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
270
England❚CO4 5JF❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
110
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
371
White British
299
White Gypsy
1
White Other
29
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
11
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
5
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
4
Arab
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
371
England
298
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
6
Wales
2
France
2
Germany
2
Spain
1
Poland
6
Romania
6
Ghana
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
4
India
8
Pakistan
2
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
6
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
371
Christian
187
Hindu
9
Jewish
4
Muslim
1
No religion
148
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
215
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
27
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
19
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
269
England❚CO4 5JF❚
Full-Time employee
140
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
21
Unemployed
4
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
87
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
9
Detached
62
Semi detached
35
Terraced
36
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
16
Two people
41
Three people
26
Four people
33
Five people
9
Six people
3

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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