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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
100
Population
222
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚CO5 7HG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
222
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
171
Single
45
Married
82
Separated
8
Divorced
30
Widowed
6

Health

Population
222
Very good
124
Good
73
Fair
20
Bad
3
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
171
England❚CO5 7HG❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
222
White British
205
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
222
England
198
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
4
Poland
1
Nigeria
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
India
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
222
Christian
115
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
83
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
125
Manufacturing
13
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
167
England❚CO5 7HG❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
23
Unemployed
5
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
100
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
103
Occupied
100
Unoccupied
3
Detached
33
Semi detached
17
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
100
One person
33
Two people
35
Three people
16
Four people
11
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

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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