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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
81
Population
186
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚CO4 9PE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
186
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
36%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
140
Single
58
Married
58
Civil partnership
1
Separated
6
Divorced
13
Widowed
4

Health

Population
186
Very good
104
Good
62
Fair
15
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
140
England❚CO4 9PE❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
17
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
186
White British
144
White Irish
4
White Other
8
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
7
Black African
7
Black Other
1
Arab
5
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
186
England
138
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
4
Germany
3
Romania
3
Ghana
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
5
Middle East
2
India
2
Philippines
7
South America
2

Religion

Population
186
Christian
89
Muslim
11
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
70
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
113
Manufacturing
11
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
12
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
9
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
139
England❚CO4 9PE❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
8
Unemployed
6
Retired
1
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
81
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
32

Housing Types

All categoies
81
Occupied
81
Detached
2
Semi detached
14
Terraced
34
Flat - purpose built
31

Household Size

All categoies
81
One person
24
Two people
29
Three people
12
Four people
12
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

CO4 9XE CO4 9HY CO4 9XP CO4 9QX CO4 9TB CO4 9TQ CO4 9QY CO4 9LW CO4 9TG CO4 9QJ CO4 9HT CO4 9HD CO4 9HW CO4 9AF CO4 9AJ CO4 9AQ CO4 9AP CO4 9HB CO4 9BG CO4 9AA CO4 9QT CO4 9QS CO4 9TZ CO4 9QP CO4 9QF CO4 9HZ CO4 9WP

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