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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
88
Population
286
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚CO4 9QE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
286
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
24%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
201
Single
58
Married
118
Separated
4
Divorced
16
Widowed
5

Health

Population
286
Very good
153
Good
94
Fair
30
Bad
7
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
201
England❚CO4 9QE❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
286
White British
241
White Irish
5
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
10
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
4
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
286
England
254
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Ireland
5
Germany
2
Italy
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
4
India
6
Sri Lanka
2
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
286
Christian
175
Buddhist
4
Hindu
6
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
83
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
143
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
19
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
194
England❚CO4 9QE❚
Full-Time employee
81
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
19
Unemployed
4
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
88
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
90
Occupied
88
Unoccupied
2
Detached
73
Semi detached
15
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
88
One person
12
Two people
23
Three people
13
Four people
27
Five people
11
Six people
1
Seven people
1

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