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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
361
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚CR8 1EQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
291
Single
69
Married
195
Separated
3
Divorced
12
Widowed
12

Health

Population
361
Very good
194
Good
127
Fair
31
Bad
6
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
291
England❚CR8 1EQ❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
111
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
289
White Irish
1
White Other
14
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
19
Asian Pakistani
9
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
8
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
301
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
9
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
2
Spain
1
Ghana
4
Kenya
2
Zimbabwe
1
China
3
Bangladesh
1
India
7
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
5
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
361
Christian
233
Hindu
15
Muslim
17
Other
3
No religion
72
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
188
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
7
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
22
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
26
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
19
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚CR8 1EQ❚
Full-Time employee
111
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
28
Unemployed
5
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
69
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
1
Detached
66
Semi detached
61
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
17
Two people
45
Three people
25
Four people
30
Five people
7
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

CR8 5GR CR8 5BT CR8 5GB CR8 5GE CR8 5GD CR8 5AF CR8 5AJ CR8 5BA CR8 1EN

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