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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
137
Population
383
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
127
England❚CO4 9FL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
45
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
383
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
120
Married
85
Civil partnership
2
Separated
15
Divorced
34
Widowed
3

Health

Population
383
Very good
176
Good
140
Fair
41
Bad
21
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚CO4 9FL❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
63
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
383
White British
340
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
6
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
9
Black African
7
Arab
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
383
England
343
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Germany
3
Poland
2
Nigeria
4
South Africa
1
Middle East
4
Philippines
3
USA
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
383
Christian
181
Buddhist
7
Muslim
6
Other
3
No religion
165
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
159
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
18
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
257
England❚CO4 9FL❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
16
Unemployed
20
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
24
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
31
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
67
Rented - private landlord
21
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
137
Detached
16
Semi detached
67
Terraced
49
Flat - purpose built
5

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
25
Two people
44
Three people
33
Four people
14
Five people
14
Six people
4
Seven people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO4 9RT CO4 9RS CO4 9RD CO4 9RB CO4 9RZ CO4 9RH CO4 9YU CO4 0EY CO4 9RE CO4 9RF CO4 9TY CO4 9TX CO4 9WG CO4 9RU CO4 9RR CO4 9YT CO4 0QW CO4 0HF CO4 0BB CO4 0HU CO4 0HY CO4 0HQ CO4 9HS CO4 0HX CO4 0HG CO4 9HA CO4 9AR CO4 9AG CO4 9AN CO4 9AH

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