Colchester postcode area Census 2021

92.5% people are white, 2.8% people are asian, 2.1% people are mixed.
47.2% are Christian, 43.8% have no religion, 6.1% provided no answer.
41.5% households have 1 car, 29.2% households have 2 cars, 17.4% households have no car.

Colchester population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Colchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	2.8%	9.3%
Black	1.8%	4.0%
Mixed	2.1%	2.9%
Other	0.8%	2.1%
White	92.5%	81.7%

Colchester population health

Health	Colchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	45.3%	48.4%
good	35.3%	33.6%
average	14.0%	12.7%
poor	4.2%	4.0%
very poor	1.2%	1.2%

Colchester population religion

Religion	Colchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.4%	0.5%
Christian	47.2%	46.2%
Hindu	0.7%	1.7%
Jewish	0.2%	0.5%
Muslim	1.1%	6.5%
No answer	6.1%	6.0%
No religion	43.8%	37.2%
Other	0.1%	0.9%
Sikh	0.5%	0.6%

Colchester population economic activity

Economic activity	Colchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	42.7%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.4%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.5%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.5%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.5%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.4%	7.3%
Retired	27.3%	21.6%
Student, no work	5.1%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.5%	2.8%

Colchester car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.37 cars per household in Colchester postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Colchester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	17.4%	23.3%
1 car	41.5%	41.3%
2 cars	29.2%	26.2%
3+ cars	11.9%	9.2%

Colchester household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).