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Administrative Areas

Ward
Old Heath and The Hythe
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
140
Population
298
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚CO5 7EB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
298
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
83
Married
104
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
35
Widowed
19

Health

Population
298
Very good
137
Good
113
Fair
35
Bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
England❚CO5 7EB❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
298
White British
281
White Irish
3
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
298
England
278
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
1
South Africa
3
Philippines
1
South America
2

Religion

Population
298
Christian
171
Jewish
1
Other
5
No religion
98
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
187
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
28
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
236
England❚CO5 7EB❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
42
Unemployed
10
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
70
Rented - private landlord
20
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
5
Detached
33
Semi detached
48
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
50
Two people
51
Three people
18
Four people
16
Five people
2
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO5 7FB CO5 7DQ CO5 7BD CO5 7EL CO5 7EP CO5 7FA CO5 7DU CO5 7DX CO5 7EZ CO5 7ET CO5 7DY CO5 7DJ CO5 7DL CO5 7DH CO5 7DA CO5 7BE CO5 7BA CO5 7BZ CO5 7BU CO5 7BB CO7 9GU CO7 9TF

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