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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
145
Population
254
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
132
England❚CO4 9RN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
51

Age Groups

Population
254
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
77%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
213
Single
102
Married
62
Separated
9
Divorced
33
Widowed
7

Health

Population
254
Very good
111
Good
92
Fair
42
Bad
6
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
213
England❚CO4 9RN❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
254
White British
212
White Irish
1
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
9
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
254
England
210
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
3
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Poland
7
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
6
Philippines
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
254
Christian
135
Muslim
5
No religion
95
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
151
Manufacturing
14
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
12
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚CO4 9RN❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
17
Unemployed
10
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
46
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
66
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
156
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
11
Detached
15
Semi detached
41
Terraced
28
Flat - purpose built
71
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
79
Two people
40
Three people
15
Four people
7
Five people
2
Six people
2

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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