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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
350
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚CR8 1XY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
42
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
350
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
276
Single
61
Married
186
Civil partnership
4
Separated
2
Divorced
15
Widowed
8

Health

Population
350
Very good
202
Good
122
Fair
22
Bad
3
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
276
England❚CR8 1XY❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
121
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
350
White British
280
White Irish
9
White Other
17
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
7
Black Caribbean
7
Arab
5
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
350
England
297
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
6
France
4
Italy
4
Spain
2
Poland
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
India
2
Pakistan
3
USA
3
South America
4

Religion

Population
350
Christian
218
Hindu
2
Muslim
13
Sikh
4
No religion
94
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
195
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
23
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
22
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
28
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
259
England❚CR8 1XY❚
Full-Time employee
116
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
35
Unemployed
12
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
74
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
121
Detached
47
Semi detached
72
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
13
Two people
41
Three people
23
Four people
35
Five people
8
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CR8 1AD CR8 1AG CR8 1AW CR8 1AR CR8 1AQ CR8 1DD CR8 1AJ CR8 1DX CR8 1AS CR8 1AL CR8 1AH CR8 1AB CR8 1AF CR8 1AX CR8 1JD CR8 1JJ CR8 1JG

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