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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
346
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❚CR2 1DF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
346
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
281
Single
79
Married
168
Separated
5
Divorced
15
Widowed
14

Health

Population
346
Very good
182
Good
132
Fair
27
Bad
4
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
281
England❚CR2 1DF❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
109
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
346
White British
261
White Irish
11
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
8
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
5
Black Caribbean
9
Black Other
2
Arab
1
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
346
England
286
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Poland
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
2
China
3
India
1
Pakistan
5
Sri Lanka
1
North America - Other
2
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
346
Christian
201
Buddhist
6
Hindu
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
14
No religion
96
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
166
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
14
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
29
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
260
England❚CR2 1DF❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
40
Unemployed
16
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
2
Detached
50
Semi detached
62
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
23
Two people
53
Three people
25
Four people
24
Five people
5
Six people
2
Eight or over
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