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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
125
Population
373
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚CO4 9FR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
373
Under 16
31%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
87
Married
134
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
21
Widowed
2

Health

Population
373
Very good
257
Good
99
Fair
14
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚CO4 9FR❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
110
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
373
White British
301
White Irish
1
White Other
21
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
7
Asian Other
9
Black African
5
Black Other
1
Arab
17
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
373
England
313
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Lithuania
4
Poland
3
Ghana
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
10
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
7
Australia
4

Religion

Population
373
Christian
207
Hindu
5
Jewish
1
Muslim
18
Other
4
No religion
120
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
191
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
24
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
23
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
254
England❚CO4 9FR❚
Full-Time employee
126
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
19
Unemployed
6
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
33
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
75
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
1
Detached
34
Semi detached
34
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
13

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
17
Two people
35
Three people
27
Four people
30
Five people
11
Six people
5

Nearby postcodes

CO4 9PU CO4 9EY CO4 9EZ CO4 9EX CO4 9YJ CO4 9FP CO4 9FU CO4 5FJ CO4 9XZ CO4 5FL CO4 9XA CO4 9YL CO4 9WQ CO4 9WH CO4 9WJ CO4 9WT CO4 9FN CO4 9FE CO4 9FB CO4 9FD CO4 9FY CO4 9FA CO4 9WX CO4 9YN CO4 9GF CO4 9FS CO4 9GP CO4 9FT CO4 9FG CO4 9FW CO4 9FF CO4 5GT CO4 5GL CO4 9WW CO4 5GJ CO4 5GD CO4 5GB CO4 5GN CO4 5GY CO4 5GR CO4 5FR CO4 9AE

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