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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 town and fringe
Households
136
Population
371
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚CO6 2LU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
371
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
297
Single
86
Married
136
Civil partnership
1
Separated
9
Divorced
28
Widowed
37

Health

Population
371
Very good
141
Good
141
Fair
45
Bad
25
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
297
England❚CO6 2LU❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
79
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
371
White British
358
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
371
England
352
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Italy
1
South Africa
1
Philippines
2
USA
1
Central America
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
371
Christian
226
No religion
108
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
158
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
16
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚CO6 2LU❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
22
Unemployed
13
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
12
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
16
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
4
Detached
47
Semi detached
21
Terraced
39
Flat - purpose built
29
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
35
Two people
51
Three people
18
Four people
20
Five people
9
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2NJ CO6 2NY CO6 2NL CO6 2ND CO6 2NB CO6 2NX CO6 2NU CO6 2NT CO6 2NH CO6 2LX CO6 2LZ CO6 2GP

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