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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
102
Population
263
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚CO4 9TP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
263
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
219
Single
67
Married
119
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
18
Widowed
9

Health

Population
263
Very good
118
Good
99
Fair
36
Bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
219
England❚CO4 9TP❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
263
White British
233
White Other
9
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
4
Black African
1
Black Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
263
England
232
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
4
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
China
4
Sri Lanka
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
263
Christian
179
Buddhist
4
Hindu
2
Muslim
1
No religion
58
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
136
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
17
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
18
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚CO4 9TP❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
11
Unemployed
12
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
102
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
7

Housing Types

All categoies
103
Occupied
102
Unoccupied
1
Detached
73
Semi detached
25
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
102
One person
20
Two people
34
Three people
26
Four people
15
Five people
6
Seven people
1

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CO4 5JT CO4 5JX CO4 5JY CO4 5HD CO4 5LA CO4 5LR CO4 5JW CO4 5LX CO4 5LP CO4 5LY CO4 5LU CO4 5LT CO4 5LS

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