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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
138
Population
351
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚CO3 5NB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
351
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
284
Single
90
Married
145
Separated
2
Divorced
30
Widowed
17

Health

Population
351
Very good
170
Good
112
Fair
48
Bad
14
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
284
England❚CO3 5NB❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
351
White British
342
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
351
England
336
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Germany
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
351
Christian
218
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
105
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
177
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
7
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
24
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
262
England❚CO3 5NB❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
49
Unemployed
10
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - council
25
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
13
Detached
67
Semi detached
47
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
7

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
28
Two people
47
Three people
37
Four people
17
Five people
7
Six people
1
Eight or over
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