10 important facts
Area insights about Colchester, local authority district
Income
View »Includes low-income areas, areas of average wealth and wealthy areas 2/10 - 8/10
Deprivation
View »Composed of non-deprived areas by 50%
Professional occupations
View »Average % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 5/10
Residents with degrees
View »Low % of residents are degree-educated or similar 4/10
Crime
View »Low crime rate 4/10
Demographics
View »- Main ethnic group
- White British 81%
- Main religion
- Christian 44%
- Main age band
- Aged 20 to 39 27%
- Main household type
- One-person household 29%
Colchester (LAD)
Average for East of England
Noise
View »- 12.1% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View »The area is served by the transport links:
- National Rail
- Greater Anglia
Outside London, only National Rail stations are included
Schools
View »86 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 8 schools or 9%
- Good: 62 schools or 72%
- Primary schools: 70 (5 Outstanding, 53 Good)
- Secondary schools: 16 (2 Outstanding, 7 Good)
- State-funded: 77 schools or 90%
- Private: 5 schools or 6%
Flood risk
View »Contains areas that are at risk of flood