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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
126
Population
330
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚CR2 2BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
36
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
330
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
32%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
128
Married
104
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
25
Widowed
11

Health

Population
330
Very good
174
Good
106
Fair
43
Bad
5
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚CR2 2BL❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
104
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
330
White British
209
White Irish
7
White Other
25
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
6
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
20
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
19
Black African
21
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
9
Arab
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
330
England
253
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
4
France
7
Poland
6
Turkey
2
Ghana
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
3
India
4
Sri Lanka
6
Philippines
4
South America
1
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
2

Religion

Population
330
Christian
174
Buddhist
10
Hindu
24
Jewish
1
Muslim
3
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
91
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
192
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
21
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
23
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
24
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
261
England❚CR2 2BL❚
Full-Time employee
138
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
25
Unemployed
12
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
70
Rented - private landlord
26
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
3
Detached
3
Semi detached
44
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - converted
36

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
35
Two people
41
Three people
18
Four people
19
Five people
10
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