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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
121
Population
325
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚CO3 9AL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
325
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
236
Single
90
Married
85
Separated
7
Divorced
38
Widowed
16

Health

Population
325
Very good
132
Good
139
Fair
43
Bad
10
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
236
England❚CO3 9AL❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
325
White British
295
White Irish
4
White Other
4
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
8
Asian Other
6
Black African
6

Country of Birth

Population
325
England
292
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Ghana
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
5
Sri Lanka
4
Philippines
1
South America
3

Religion

Population
325
Christian
137
Buddhist
4
No religion
157
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
164
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
16
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
222
England❚CO3 9AL❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
14
Unemployed
7
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
36
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
7
Detached
10
Semi detached
31
Terraced
57
Flat - purpose built
24
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
28
Two people
36
Three people
22
Four people
19
Five people
13
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO3 0AF CO3 0AD CO3 9AH CO3 9BJ CO3 9AW CO3 9AQ CO3 9AG CO3 9BP CO3 9FD CO3 9AF CO3 9AD CO3 9AR CO3 9AE CO3 9AB CO3 9FJ CO3 9BN CO3 9BW CO3 9EB CO3 9EA CO3 9DW CO3 4DQ CO3 4DG CO3 4DF CO3 9AJ CO3 9AA CO3 4HD CO3 4HG CO3 4DE CO3 4DD CO3 4DB CO3 9DZ

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