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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
126
Population
381
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚CO4 9EX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
381
Under 16
34%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
37%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
0%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
251
Single
81
Married
138
Separated
11
Divorced
17
Widowed
4

Health

Population
381
Very good
249
Good
118
Fair
9
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
251
England❚CO4 9EX❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
381
White British
329
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
7
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
4
Black Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
381
England
332
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Germany
2
Poland
8
Ghana
2
Nigeria
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
2
China
1
Hong Kong
2
India
3
Sri Lanka
4
USA
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
381
Christian
182
Buddhist
5
Hindu
2
Muslim
9
Sikh
1
No religion
159
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
204
Manufacturing
8
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
28
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
18
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
246
England❚CO4 9EX❚
Full-Time employee
138
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
18
Unemployed
5
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
18
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
88
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
2
Detached
29
Semi detached
31
Terraced
65
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
15
Two people
26
Three people
35
Four people
41
Five people
9

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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