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Administrative Areas

Ward
Boreham and The Leighs
Local Authority
Chelmsford
County
Essex
Constituency
Saffron Walden
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
226
Population
602
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
190
England❚CM3 1NT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
68
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
66
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
602
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
473
Single
154
Married
264
Separated
8
Divorced
36
Widowed
11

Health

Population
602
Very good
315
Good
216
Fair
58
Bad
8
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
473
England❚CM3 1NT❚
Degree or above
67
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
91
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
68
Apprenticeship
145
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
602
White British
565
White Irish
4
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
5
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
602
England
549
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
6
Ireland
5
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Spain
2
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
India
3
Philippines
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
602
Christian
385
Buddhist
2
Hindu
5
Jewish
1
No religion
170
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
315
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Mining
1
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
33
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
42
Transport and storage
20
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
36
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
22
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
25
Education
34
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
452
England❚CM3 1NT❚
Full-Time employee
191
Part-Time employee
61
Self employed
54
Unemployed
11
Retired
57
Looking after home/family
32
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
226
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
114
Shared ownership
9
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
233
Occupied
226
Unoccupied
7
Detached
103
Semi detached
55
Terraced
48
Flat - purpose built
26
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
226
One person
35
Two people
91
Three people
37
Four people
46
Five people
13
Six people
3
Seven people
1

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