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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
133
Population
361
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚CR2 0QR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
276
Single
64
Married
175
Separated
4
Divorced
15
Widowed
18

Health

Population
361
Very good
182
Good
126
Fair
35
Bad
16
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
276
England❚CR2 0QR❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
121
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
268
White Irish
6
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
21
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
29
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
2
Arab
9

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
299
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
4
Italy
1
Poland
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
2
Middle East
2
India
6
Pakistan
1
Sri Lanka
11
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
5
Carribean
4

Religion

Population
361
Christian
223
Hindu
34
Muslim
18
No religion
63
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
166
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
24
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
19
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚CR2 0QR❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
34
Unemployed
6
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
15
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
3
Detached
26
Semi detached
104
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
29
Two people
37
Three people
24
Four people
30
Five people
12
Six people
1

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