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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
145
Population
347
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚CO5 7EJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
347
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
281
Single
80
Married
140
Civil partnership
2
Separated
9
Divorced
28
Widowed
22

Health

Population
347
Very good
161
Good
121
Fair
47
Bad
15
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
281
England❚CO5 7EJ❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
347
White British
332
White Irish
2
White Other
8
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
347
England
319
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
8
Italy
1
Romania
2
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
347
Christian
214
No religion
106
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
179
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
29
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
17
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
259
England❚CO5 7EJ❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
33
Unemployed
4
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
48
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
25
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
16
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
2
Detached
23
Semi detached
74
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
32
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
42
Two people
46
Three people
26
Four people
23
Five people
5
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO5 7JH CO5 7HY CO5 7JA CO5 7HZ CO5 7HU CO5 7HT CO5 7HS CO5 7JP

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