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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
118
Population
285
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚CR8 1WA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
285
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
85
Married
118
Separated
7
Divorced
16
Widowed
6

Health

Population
285
Very good
153
Good
96
Fair
22
Bad
12
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
England❚CR8 1WA❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
285
White British
164
White Irish
3
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
9
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
21
Asian Bangladeshi
8
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
17
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
17
Black Other
9
Arab
2
Other
8

Country of Birth

Population
285
England
209
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
1
Wales
3
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
1
Ghana
4
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
5
Bangladesh
2
India
8
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
3
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
4
Carribean
6
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
285
Christian
151
Buddhist
6
Hindu
19
Muslim
13
Other
3
No religion
66
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
163
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
14
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
9
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚CR8 1WA❚
Full-Time employee
112
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
20
Unemployed
12
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
43
Shared ownership
9
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
37
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
118
Unoccupied
8
Detached
3
Semi detached
8
Terraced
64
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
17
Flat - in commerical building
13

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
28
Two people
42
Three people
29
Four people
13
Five people
3
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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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