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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
124
Population
295
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚CO4 5ZR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
53
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
295
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
15%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
33%
30 - 44
33%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
222
Single
103
Married
89
Separated
9
Divorced
21

Health

Population
295
Very good
197
Good
81
Fair
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
222
England❚CO4 5ZR❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
102
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
6

Ethnicity

Population
295
White British
253
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Other
8
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
295
England
256
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
2
Spain
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
4
Turkey
1
Ghana
1
South Africa
2
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
4
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
295
Christian
162
Buddhist
5
Hindu
2
Muslim
6
Sikh
1
No religion
99
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
198
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
23
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
25
Education
16
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
222
England❚CO4 5ZR❚
Full-Time employee
152
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
19
Unemployed
4
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
74
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
6
Detached
6
Semi detached
21
Terraced
55
Flat - purpose built
46
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
32
Two people
40
Three people
29
Four people
20
Five people
2
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