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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
123
Population
344
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚CR8 1EF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
36
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
344
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
266
Single
66
Married
173
Separated
7
Divorced
12
Widowed
8

Health

Population
344
Very good
205
Good
110
Fair
26
Bad
2
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
266
England❚CR8 1EF❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
99
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
344
White British
258
White Irish
2
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
17
Asian Pakistani
7
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
11
Black Caribbean
12
Black Other
1
Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
344
England
278
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
2
France
2
Germany
1
Romania
1
Turkey
2
Ghana
3
Nigeria
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
7
Middle East
2
China
2
India
8
Pakistan
3
South America
4
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
344
Christian
213
Hindu
11
Jewish
1
Muslim
14
Other
2
No religion
82
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
181
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
23
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
21
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
21
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
255
England❚CR8 1EF❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
34
Unemployed
7
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
71
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
2
Detached
25
Semi detached
94
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
13
Two people
41
Three people
33
Four people
30
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

CR8 1DT CR8 1BZ CR8 1EY CR8 1HY CR8 1HX CR8 1HP CR8 1HZ CR8 1HQ CR2 9NN CR8 1ER CR2 9HH CR2 9HL CR2 9HN CR2 9HP CR2 9NQ CR2 9NS CR2 9JZ CR2 9JW CR2 9NR

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