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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
117
Population
256
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚CO4 9YB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
256
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
91
Married
75
Separated
5
Divorced
25
Widowed
20

Health

Population
256
Very good
113
Good
79
Fair
35
Bad
12
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
England❚CO4 9YB❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
256
White British
231
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
256
England
223
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Lithuania
7
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
4
Hong Kong
2
USA
1
North America - Other
2

Religion

Population
256
Christian
139
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Muslim
7
Other
4
No religion
72
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
105
Manufacturing
13
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
8
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
7
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚CO4 9YB❚
Full-Time employee
58
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
16
Unemployed
10
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
32
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
117
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
29
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
117
Unoccupied
3
Detached
35
Semi detached
13
Terraced
37
Flat - purpose built
34
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
117
One person
53
Two people
33
Three people
15
Four people
10
Five people
5
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CO4 9UJ CO4 9UH CO4 9SF CO4 9SE CO4 9UR CO4 9UN CO4 9UW CO4 9JU CO4 9SP CO4 9EB CO4 9YD CO4 9SW CO4 9RQ CO4 9RY CO4 9SD CO4 9RX CO4 9TN CO4 9TW CO4 9EE CO4 9ED CO4 9GB

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