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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lexden and Braiswick
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
120
Population
291
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚CO3 3RZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
291
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
58
Married
143
Separated
4
Divorced
12
Widowed
23

Health

Population
291
Very good
154
Good
106
Fair
23
Bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚CO3 3RZ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
111
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
291
White British
255
White Irish
3
White Other
9
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Asian Other
3
Black African
1
Black Other
3
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
291
England
257
Scotland
7
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Nigeria
1
Middle East
3
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
1
India
3
Pakistan
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
291
Christian
159
Buddhist
2
Hindu
2
Muslim
10
Other
1
No religion
93
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
145
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
9
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
21
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
200
England❚CO3 3RZ❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
37
Unemployed
3
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
4
Detached
82
Semi detached
37
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
30
Two people
48
Three people
16
Four people
16
Five people
7
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

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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