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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
90
Population
193
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
67
England❚CO5 7EZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
193
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
157
Single
58
Married
55
Separated
3
Divorced
26
Widowed
15

Health

Population
193
Very good
89
Good
75
Fair
22
Bad
4
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
157
England❚CO5 7EZ❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
193
White British
183
White Irish
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
193
England
186
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Germany
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
193
Christian
97
Other
1
No religion
83
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
102
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
15
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
147
England❚CO5 7EZ❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
18
Unemployed
5
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
90
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
95
Occupied
90
Unoccupied
5
Detached
22
Semi detached
29
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
22

Household Size

All categoies
90
One person
33
Two people
30
Three people
10
Four people
15
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

CO5 7FB CO5 7DQ CO5 7EB CO5 7FA CO5 7DU CO5 7DX 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