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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
102
Population
272
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚CR2 6BY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
272
Under 16
31%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
188
Single
91
Married
63
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
15
Widowed
6

Health

Population
272
Very good
158
Good
87
Fair
18
Bad
5
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
188
England❚CR2 6BY❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
272
White British
115
White Irish
5
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
14
Mixed Black African
7
Mixed Asian
6
Asian Indian
13
Asian Pakistani
10
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
18
Black African
33
Black Caribbean
13
Black Other
9
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
272
England
193
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
1
Spain
2
Poland
4
Romania
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
6
Kenya
2
Somalia
2
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
5
China
2
Bangladesh
2
India
6
Pakistan
4
Philippines
1
South America
1
Carribean
8

Religion

Population
272
Christian
154
Buddhist
1
Hindu
12
Jewish
1
Muslim
43
No religion
49
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
122
Manufacturing
3
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
16
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
178
England❚CR2 6BY❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
21
Unemployed
9
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
102
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
36
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
104
Occupied
102
Unoccupied
2
Detached
14
Semi detached
7
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
71
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
102
One person
28
Two people
31
Three people
17
Four people
11
Five people
6
Six people
6
Seven people
3

Nearby postcodes

CR2 6BZ CR2 6DP CR2 6DL CR2 6JY CR2 6LR CR2 6JZ CR2 6EP CR2 6JX CR2 6DY CR2 6DR CR2 6FG CR2 6DB CR2 6FN CR2 6DT CR2 6FX CR2 6DX CR2 6BE CR2 6BP CR2 6BH CR2 6BD CR2 6BJ CR2 6BQ CR2 6BN CR2 6HB CR2 6HF CR2 6AL CR2 6ES CR2 6AJ CR2 6HA CR2 6BG CR2 6BB CR2 6HE CR2 6HX CR2 6JS CR2 6BR CR2 6DS CR2 6JQ CR2 6JP CR2 6JH CR2 6JN CR2 6JG CR2 6BA CR2 6BS CR2 6JB CR2 6JF CR2 6JD CR2 6JJ CR2 6JE

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