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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
140
Population
387
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
England❚CR2 0RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
387
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
316
Single
96
Married
185
Separated
1
Divorced
18
Widowed
16

Health

Population
387
Very good
205
Good
148
Fair
25
Bad
5
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
316
England❚CR2 0RJ❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
152
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
387
White British
236
White Irish
10
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
10
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
32
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
6
Black African
11
Black Caribbean
23
Black Other
8
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
387
England
302
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
6
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
1
Nigeria
5
Kenya
5
China
1
India
13
Pakistan
2
Sri Lanka
2
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Carribean
10
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
387
Christian
235
Buddhist
1
Hindu
26
Jewish
1
Muslim
18
Sikh
1
No religion
74
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
196
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
28
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
22
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
296
England❚CR2 0RJ❚
Full-Time employee
112
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
38
Unemployed
8
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
2
Detached
59
Semi detached
57
Flat - purpose built
24
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
18
Two people
58
Three people
23
Four people
26
Five people
11
Six people
3
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