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Administrative Areas

Ward
Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown
Local Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Region
London
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
118
Population
297
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚CR2 0QL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
297
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
86
Married
122
Separated
4
Divorced
25
Widowed
12

Health

Population
297
Very good
118
Good
135
Fair
35
Bad
7
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚CR2 0QL❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
96
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
297
White British
210
White Irish
5
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
10
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
22
Black Other
6
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
297
England
242
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
5
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Poland
1
Ghana
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
China
2
India
6
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
3
Philippines
1
USA
1
South America
1
Carribean
7
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
297
Christian
198
Buddhist
1
Hindu
7
Jewish
2
Muslim
7
Other
1
No religion
61
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
165
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
21
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
16
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
235
England❚CR2 0QL❚
Full-Time employee
110
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
17
Unemployed
8
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
118
Occupied
118
Detached
5
Semi detached
72
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
30
Two people
37
Three people
21
Four people
22
Five people
7
Seven people
1

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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