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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
117
Population
334
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚CR8 1HJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
42
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
334
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
266
Single
61
Married
167
Civil partnership
4
Separated
4
Divorced
10
Widowed
20

Health

Population
334
Very good
172
Good
114
Fair
34
Bad
10
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
266
England❚CR8 1HJ❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
111
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
334
White British
261
White Irish
2
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
12
Asian Pakistani
7
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
12
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
7

Country of Birth

Population
334
England
275
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
4
Italy
2
Spain
1
Poland
1
Ghana
1
Kenya
1
India
6
Pakistan
2
Philippines
1
USA
3
South America
3
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
334
Christian
202
Buddhist
3
Hindu
9
Jewish
1
Muslim
9
Other
1
No religion
83
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
163
Mining
1
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
22
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
26
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚CR8 1HJ❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
31
Unemployed
3
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
22

Housing Tenure

All categoies
117
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
117
Detached
91
Semi detached
19
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
117
One person
15
Two people
44
Three people
15
Four people
32
Five people
9
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

CR8 1DY CR8 1DQ CR8 1DU CR8 1DS CR8 1DB CR8 1DJ CR8 1DW CR8 1DZ CR8 1HE CR8 2BD CR8 2BS CR8 2BU CR8 2BL CR8 2QA CR8 2BE CR8 2BT CR8 1DA CR8 2BJ CR8 2BW CR8 2BB CR8 1HA CR8 1DG CR8 2PG CR8 1HF CR8 1HG CR8 1JE CR8 1HW CR8 1JA CR2 0RX CR2 0RB CR2 0RJ CR8 1HD CR8 1JB CR8 1HB CR2 0RA CR2 0RD CR2 0QN CR2 0RG CR2 0QP CR2 0QF CR2 0QL

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