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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
100
Population
278
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚CR2 6FN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
205
Single
85
Married
84
Separated
12
Divorced
17
Widowed
7

Health

Population
278
Very good
146
Good
96
Fair
27
Bad
7
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
205
England❚CR2 6FN❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
96
White Irish
1
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
8
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
44
Asian Pakistani
17
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
23
Black African
26
Black Caribbean
20
Black Other
4
Arab
2
Other
8

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
170
Scotland
8
Germany
5
Italy
3
Turkey
2
Ghana
1
Nigeria
3
Kenya
9
Somalia
6
South Africa
1
Middle East
4
China
2
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
3
India
16
Pakistan
7
Sri Lanka
6
Philippines
3
South America
4
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
278
Christian
130
Buddhist
9
Hindu
30
Jewish
4
Muslim
54
No religion
34
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
128
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚CR2 6FN❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
27
Unemployed
9
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
100
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
105
Occupied
100
Unoccupied
5
Detached
33
Semi detached
15
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
40

Household Size

All categoies
100
One person
25
Two people
26
Three people
15
Four people
19
Five people
10
Six people
5

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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