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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
120
Population
278
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚CO5 8GP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
225
Single
57
Married
126
Separated
4
Divorced
19
Widowed
19

Health

Population
278
Very good
129
Good
106
Fair
32
Bad
8
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
225
England❚CO5 8GP❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
266
White Other
4
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Other
2
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
265
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2

Religion

Population
278
Christian
152
Buddhist
3
Muslim
4
No religion
95
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
139
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
12
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
199
England❚CO5 8GP❚
Full-Time employee
67
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
30
Unemployed
4
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
13
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
5
Detached
57
Semi detached
37
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
16

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
40
Two people
35
Three people
20
Four people
18
Five people
6
Six people
1

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