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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
126
Population
299
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
65
England❚CO3 3SU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
50%
65 or over
40%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
7%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
23%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
46
Married
172
Separated
3
Divorced
11
Widowed
37

Health

Population
299
Very good
136
Good
106
Fair
47
Bad
7
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚CO3 3SU❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
128
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
263
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
9
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
5
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
249
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
7
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Nigeria
1
Middle East
5
India
4
Pakistan
1
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
1
USA
2
North America - Other
3
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
299
Christian
210
Buddhist
3
Hindu
7
Jewish
3
Muslim
11
Other
1
No religion
48
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
116
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
12
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
24
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
199
England❚CO3 3SU❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
29
Unemployed
3
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
5
Student
20
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
87
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
9
Detached
87
Semi detached
7
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
23
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
34
Two people
57
Three people
16
Four people
12
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

CO3 3US CO3 3RQ CO3 3SP CO3 3RG CO3 3RH CO3 3FA CO3 3FJ CO3 3UL CO3 3RF CO3 3UZ CO3 3RB

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