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Administrative Areas

Ward
The Colnes
Local Authority
Braintree
County
Essex
Constituency
Braintree
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
82
Population
240
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
62
England❚CO6 1AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
240
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
208
Single
65
Married
120
Separated
2
Divorced
15
Widowed
6

Health

Population
240
Very good
105
Good
101
Fair
26
Bad
6
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
208
England❚CO6 1AR❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
240
White British
225
White Irish
2
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
240
England
226
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Germany
1
Italy
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
2
India
1
Pakistan
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
240
Christian
175
Other
2
No religion
39
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
118
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
10
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
187
England❚CO6 1AR❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
32
Unemployed
3
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
23
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
82
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
86
Occupied
82
Unoccupied
4
Detached
61
Semi detached
18
Terraced
4
Caravan
3

Household Size

All categoies
82
One person
15
Two people
28
Three people
18
Four people
17
Five people
4

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