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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
142
Population
348
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚CO5 7HU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
348
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
73
Married
148
Separated
7
Divorced
27
Widowed
19

Health

Population
348
Very good
150
Good
130
Fair
51
Bad
12
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚CO5 7HU❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
70

Ethnicity

Population
348
White British
326
White Irish
3
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
348
England
324
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Spain
1
Middle East
4
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
348
Christian
195
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
Other
3
No religion
117
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
174
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
19
Human health and social work
35

Economic Activity

Population
251
England❚CO5 7HU❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
18
Unemployed
7
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
53
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
17
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
2
Detached
26
Semi detached
74
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
20
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
41
Two people
42
Three people
28
Four people
19
Five people
9
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO5 7JH CO5 7HX CO5 7EJ CO5 7EG CO5 7HR CO5 7HS CO5 7HF 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