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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
135
Population
328
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚CO3 5UY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
328
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
273
Single
67
Married
159
Separated
5
Divorced
27
Widowed
15

Health

Population
328
Very good
173
Good
103
Fair
44
Bad
5
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
273
England❚CO3 5UY❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
92
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
328
White British
309
White Irish
4
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
5
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
328
England
308
Scotland
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
Pakistan
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
328
Christian
217
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
4
No religion
77
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
160
Manufacturing
10
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
13
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
243
England❚CO3 5UY❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
41
Unemployed
10
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
77
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
9
Detached
109
Semi detached
24
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
35
Two people
50
Three people
21
Four people
19
Five people
6
Six people
4

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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