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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
128
Population
380
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚CR8 1DD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
39
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
380
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
70
Married
199
Separated
3
Divorced
9
Widowed
22

Health

Population
380
Very good
207
Good
125
Fair
33
Bad
7
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚CR8 1DD❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
116
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
380
White British
242
White Irish
4
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
22
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
21
Asian Pakistani
8
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
27
Black African
12
Black Caribbean
8
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
380
England
295
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
1
Turkey
1
Nigeria
4
Kenya
6
Middle East
1
China
3
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
1
India
13
Pakistan
4
Sri Lanka
7
Philippines
2
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
380
Christian
234
Buddhist
3
Hindu
30
Muslim
20
Other
3
No religion
62
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
165
Manufacturing
5
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
21
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
24
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
19
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
261
England❚CR8 1DD❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
36
Unemployed
9
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - private landlord
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
1
Detached
110
Semi detached
16
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
21
Two people
43
Three people
15
Four people
33
Five people
10
Six people
6

Nearby postcodes

CR8 1AD CR8 1AG CR8 1AW CR8 1AR CR8 1AJ CR8 1DX CR8 1AS CR8 1AL CR8 1AH CR8 1AB CR8 1AF CR8 1AX CR8 1JD CR8 1JL CR8 1HH CR8 1HL CR8 1JH

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