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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
316
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚CR2 2BN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
316
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
250
Single
90
Married
126
Separated
3
Divorced
19
Widowed
12

Health

Population
316
Very good
169
Good
114
Fair
30
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
250
England❚CR2 2BN❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
94
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
316
White British
173
White Irish
2
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
26
Asian Pakistani
8
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
14
Black African
19
Black Caribbean
14
Black Other
9
Arab
2
Other
7

Country of Birth

Population
316
England
231
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Italy
2
Portugal
2
Lithuania
2
Turkey
1
Ghana
3
Nigeria
1
Kenya
5
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
5
Middle East
6
Bangladesh
1
India
7
Pakistan
2
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
4
South America
5
Carribean
5

Religion

Population
316
Christian
174
Buddhist
2
Hindu
16
Muslim
28
Sikh
2
No religion
64
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
173
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
16
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
16
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚CR2 2BN❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
25
Unemployed
12
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
23
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
64
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
118
Unoccupied
8
Detached
1
Semi detached
38
Terraced
75
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
21
Two people
41
Three people
24
Four people
23
Five people
6
Six people
2
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