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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
125
Population
307
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚CO3 5AW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
307
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
86
Married
101
Separated
9
Divorced
33
Widowed
12

Health

Population
307
Very good
137
Good
125
Fair
33
Bad
11
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚CO3 5AW❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
307
White British
266
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Other
13
Black African
6
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
307
England
264
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
1
Romania
2
Ghana
2
India
1
Pakistan
1
Sri Lanka
5
Philippines
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
307
Christian
165
Hindu
11
Muslim
2
Other
3
No religion
94
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
171
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
18
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
228
England❚CO3 5AW❚
Full-Time employee
103
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
33
Unemployed
6
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
12
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
1
Detached
20
Semi detached
55
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
28
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
33
Two people
40
Three people
28
Four people
12
Five people
10
Six people
2

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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