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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
89
Population
258
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
73
England❚CO4 9ST❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
258
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
186
Single
42
Married
123
Separated
4
Divorced
15
Widowed
2

Health

Population
258
Very good
133
Good
101
Fair
23
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
186
England❚CO4 9ST❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
14

Ethnicity

Population
258
White British
237
White Other
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
6
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
258
England
234
Scotland
3
Germany
1
Ghana
1
Middle East
1
China
2
India
2
Sri Lanka
5
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
258
Christian
176
Buddhist
6
Hindu
4
No religion
59
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
136
Manufacturing
8
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
16
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
175
England❚CO4 9ST❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
22
Unemployed
4
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
10
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
89
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
91
Occupied
89
Unoccupied
2
Detached
79
Semi detached
9
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
89
One person
10
Two people
31
Three people
16
Four people
24
Five people
6
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