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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
130
Population
374
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚CR8 1HB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
39
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
374
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
301
Single
76
Married
195
Separated
5
Divorced
9
Widowed
16

Health

Population
374
Very good
193
Good
133
Fair
42
Bad
5
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
301
England❚CR8 1HB❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
122
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
374
White British
215
White Irish
7
White Other
37
Mixed Black Caribbean
13
Mixed Asian
8
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
12
Asian Pakistani
15
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
19
Black African
12
Black Caribbean
12
Black Other
4
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
374
England
269
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Italy
2
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Poland
2
Ghana
2
Kenya
3
South Africa
3
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
4
India
5
Pakistan
8
Sri Lanka
3
USA
9
Central America
1
South America
6
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
374
Christian
237
Buddhist
6
Hindu
19
Muslim
21
No religion
62
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
180
Manufacturing
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
16
Financial and insurance
29
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
23
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
14
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
277
England❚CR8 1HB❚
Full-Time employee
101
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
30
Unemployed
7
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
32
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
60
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
2
Detached
102
Semi detached
22
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
18
Two people
38
Three people
29
Four people
35
Five people
7
Six people
3

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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