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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
121
Population
270
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚CR8 1HQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
270
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
224
Single
63
Married
109
Civil partnership
4
Separated
13
Divorced
23
Widowed
12

Health

Population
270
Very good
120
Good
110
Fair
30
Bad
8
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
224
England❚CR8 1HQ❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
91
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
270
White British
190
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
21
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
3
Black African
11
Black Caribbean
7
Black Other
1
Other
7

Country of Birth

Population
270
England
216
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
5
Ireland
1
France
2
Germany
2
Poland
2
Turkey
1
Nigeria
4
Kenya
4
Middle East
7
China
1
India
6
Philippines
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
270
Christian
167
Buddhist
1
Hindu
18
Jewish
1
Muslim
8
Other
3
No religion
45
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
155
Manufacturing
4
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
16
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
211
England❚CR8 1HQ❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
19
Unemployed
10
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
13
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
7
Detached
25
Semi detached
47
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
43
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
5
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
38
Two people
41
Three people
23
Four people
14
Five people
5

Nearby postcodes

CR8 1ED CR8 1EF CR8 1DT CR8 1BZ CR8 1EH CR8 1EG CR8 1EY CR8 1EJ CR8 1EP CR8 1DN 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