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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
125
Population
318
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚CO3 5UF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
318
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
92
Married
95
Civil partnership
3
Separated
10
Divorced
33
Widowed
10

Health

Population
318
Very good
136
Good
115
Fair
49
Bad
12
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚CO3 5UF❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
318
White British
310
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
318
England
297
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Ireland
1
France
3
Germany
3
Poland
2
South Africa
1
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
318
Christian
170
Hindu
4
Jewish
1
No religion
124
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
151
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
12
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
17
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
224
England❚CO3 5UF❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
18
Unemployed
18
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
40
Rented - council
56
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
11

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
9
Detached
15
Semi detached
43
Terraced
54
Flat - purpose built
19
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
37
Two people
34
Three people
24
Four people
17
Five people
7
Six people
4
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

CO6 3PT CO3 9TU CO6 3PU CO3 9UA CO3 9TS CO3 9TY

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