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Administrative Areas

Ward
Mersea and Pyefleet
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
124
Population
291
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
67
England❚CO5 8BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
291
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
254
Single
45
Married
157
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
21
Widowed
24

Health

Population
291
Very good
117
Good
125
Fair
35
Bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
254
England❚CO5 8BL❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
74
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
53

Ethnicity

Population
291
White British
282
White Other
8
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
291
England
268
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
2
France
2
Germany
3
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
291
Christian
213
Other
1
No religion
65
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
133
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
12
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
15
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚CO5 8BL❚
Full-Time employee
59
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
43
Unemployed
3
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
72
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
4
Detached
106
Semi detached
15
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
30
Two people
59
Three people
12
Four people
16
Five people
4
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO5 8GS CO5 8AU CO5 8BH CO5 8BG CO5 8AZ CO5 8BE CO5 8BD CO5 8PL CO5 8BU CO5 8AX CO5 8PS CO5 8AY CO5 8BN CO5 8BW CO5 8LZ CO5 8PT CO5 8XB CO5 8BS CO5 8DE CO5 8BX CO5 8PH

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