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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
142
Population
256
Males
41%
Females
59%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
66
England❚CO5 8QT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
256
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
46%
65 or over
38%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
23%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
215
Single
49
Married
93
Separated
3
Divorced
30
Widowed
40

Health

Population
256
Very good
81
Good
97
Fair
63
Bad
9
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
215
England❚CO5 8QT❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
256
White British
245
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
256
England
229
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
4
France
2
Germany
4
Middle East
1
India
1
North America - Other
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
256
Christian
162
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
1
No religion
65
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
92
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
10
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
157
England❚CO5 8QT❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
23
Unemployed
4
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
36
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
10
Detached
32
Semi detached
23
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
57
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
77
Two people
39
Three people
12
Four people
8
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
1

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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