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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
155
Population
326
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
138
England❚CR2 6QN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
53
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
326
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
246
Single
133
Married
64
Civil partnership
2
Separated
17
Divorced
21
Widowed
9

Health

Population
326
Very good
165
Good
120
Fair
28
Bad
10
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
246
England❚CR2 6QN❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
326
White British
156
White Irish
6
White Other
21
Mixed Black Caribbean
9
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
14
Mixed Other
17
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
14
Black African
21
Black Caribbean
17
Black Other
12
Arab
2
Other
18

Country of Birth

Population
326
England
252
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
5
France
1
Portugal
2
Poland
4
Romania
1
Turkey
3
Ghana
4
Nigeria
3
Zimbabwe
5
Middle East
7
China
2
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
1
India
3
Pakistan
1
Sri Lanka
5
Philippines
1
USA
1
South America
1
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
326
Christian
196
Buddhist
1
Hindu
7
Muslim
10
No religion
89
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
159
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
16
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚CR2 6QN❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
16
Unemployed
8
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
155
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
58
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
39
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
157
Occupied
155
Unoccupied
2
Detached
17
Semi detached
10
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
119
Flat - converted
7

Household Size

All categoies
155
One person
61
Two people
53
Three people
19
Four people
13
Five people
7
Seven people
1
Eight or over
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