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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
308
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 7JS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
308
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
67
Married
136
Separated
5
Divorced
34
Widowed
17

Health

Population
308
Very good
143
Good
112
Fair
40
Bad
11
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚CO5 7JS❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
25
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
84
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
308
White British
296
White Irish
3
White Other
6
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
308
England
276
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
5
Ireland
5
Germany
1
Spain
1
Zimbabwe
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Central America
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
308
Christian
191
Buddhist
1
Jewish
2
No religion
99
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
171
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
38
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
235
England❚CO5 7JS❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
28
Unemployed
6
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
63
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
20

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
5
Detached
39
Semi detached
54
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
43
Two people
56
Three people
22
Four people
18
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO5 7ED CO5 7EQ CO5 7EY CO5 7EH CO5 7EE CO5 7EA CO5 7HP CO5 7ER CO5 7ES CO5 7EX CO5 7EU CO5 7HH CO5 7HQ CO5 7HJ CO5 7HG CO5 7EN CO5 7DZ CO5 7EW CO5 7JQ CO5 7JJ CO5 7JN CO5 7JD CO7 9GD CO7 9SZ CO7 9GW CO7 9SW CO7 9SY CO7 9GY CO7 9AY

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