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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 village
Households
138
Population
327
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚CO6 2LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
327
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
272
Single
39
Married
179
Separated
3
Divorced
20
Widowed
31

Health

Population
327
Very good
137
Good
115
Fair
60
Bad
14
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
272
England❚CO6 2LJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
327
White British
323
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
327
England
318
Ireland
3
Poland
1
South Africa
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
327
Christian
197
Other
2
No religion
104
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
141
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
15
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
224
England❚CO6 2LJ❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
28
Unemployed
2
Retired
56
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
77
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
7

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
5
Detached
51
Semi detached
80
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
33
Two people
64
Three people
20
Four people
8
Five people
9
Six people
3
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2JR CO6 2JP CO6 2PG CO6 2RG

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