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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
164
Population
352
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚CO5 8EU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
352
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
31%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
38
Married
205
Separated
3
Divorced
26
Widowed
31

Health

Population
352
Very good
137
Good
135
Fair
62
Bad
15
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚CO5 8EU❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
78
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
352
White British
344
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
352
England
329
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
2
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
352
Christian
262
Buddhist
1
Jewish
1
Other
2
No religion
71
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
131
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
22
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
246
England❚CO5 8EU❚
Full-Time employee
71
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
26
Unemployed
6
Retired
83
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
100
Owned with mortgage
53
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
168
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
4
Detached
133
Semi detached
16
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
7

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
45
Two people
77
Three people
22
Four people
15
Five people
3
Six people
2

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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