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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
131
Population
338
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚CO4 9RX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
338
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
278
Single
55
Married
190
Separated
3
Divorced
16
Widowed
14

Health

Population
338
Very good
189
Good
98
Fair
41
Bad
7
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
278
England❚CO4 9RX❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
120
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
338
White British
307
White Irish
4
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
7
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
338
England
305
Nortern Ireland
6
Scotland
3
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Turkey
2
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
2
India
4
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
338
Christian
221
Buddhist
1
Hindu
6
Muslim
8
Other
3
No religion
73
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
173
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
20
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
20
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
30
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
256
England❚CO4 9RX❚
Full-Time employee
117
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
25
Unemployed
8
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
56
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
1
Detached
123
Semi detached
3
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
21
Two people
51
Three people
27
Four people
26
Five people
6

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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