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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
132
Population
259
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚CO6 2ND❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
259
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
214
Single
56
Married
98
Separated
9
Divorced
24
Widowed
27

Health

Population
259
Very good
97
Good
82
Fair
51
Bad
15
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
214
England❚CO6 2ND❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
22
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
84

Ethnicity

Population
259
White British
253
White Other
5
Mixed Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
259
England
252
Scotland
5
Italy
1
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
259
Christian
167
No religion
71
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
93
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
11
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
174
England❚CO6 2ND❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
19
Unemployed
9
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
23
Rented - other social
70
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
3
Detached
8
Semi detached
54
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
61
Two people
39
Three people
14
Four people
13
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2NJ CO6 2NY CO6 2NL CO6 2NX CO6 2NU CO6 2NT CO6 2NH CO6 2LU CO6 2LY

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