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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
111
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
104
England❚CR2 6LR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
272
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
200
Single
90
Married
75
Separated
12
Divorced
16
Widowed
7

Health

Population
272
Very good
122
Good
119
Fair
19
Bad
10
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
200
England❚CR2 6LR❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
73
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
272
White British
118
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
17
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
20
Black African
38
Black Caribbean
24
Black Other
10
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
272
England
186
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
4
Ghana
4
Nigeria
3
Kenya
3
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
4
China
1
India
7
Sri Lanka
4
USA
1
South America
4
Carribean
6
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
272
Christian
145
Hindu
21
Muslim
18
Other
2
No religion
59
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
143
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
17
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
194
England❚CR2 6LR❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
22
Unemployed
6
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
23
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
27
Shared ownership
20
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
41
Rented - private landlord
14

Housing Types

All categoies
112
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
1
Detached
3
Semi detached
19
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
68

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
32
Two people
32
Three people
23
Four people
15
Five people
7
Six people
2

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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