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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
135
Population
316
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚CR2 6DP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
316
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
237
Single
83
Married
112
Separated
14
Divorced
21
Widowed
7

Health

Population
316
Very good
139
Good
128
Fair
38
Bad
8
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
237
England❚CR2 6DP❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
27
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
316
White British
143
White Irish
3
White Other
34
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
9
Mixed Other
9
Asian Indian
5
Asian Pakistani
8
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
16
Asian Other
15
Black African
31
Black Caribbean
11
Black Other
17
Arab
2
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
316
England
220
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Italy
2
Lithuania
2
Poland
6
Turkey
3
Ghana
2
Nigeria
3
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
4
China
5
Hong Kong
6
India
6
Pakistan
6
Sri Lanka
5
Philippines
2
USA
1
Carribean
5

Religion

Population
316
Christian
174
Buddhist
1
Hindu
14
Muslim
19
Other
4
No religion
77
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
150
Manufacturing
4
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
7
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
213
England❚CR2 6DP❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
26
Unemployed
9
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
1
Detached
28
Semi detached
23
Terraced
63
Flat - purpose built
19
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
46
Two people
46
Three people
13
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six people
6
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