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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
130
Population
338
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚CO6 2NT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
37
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
338
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
252
Single
72
Married
124
Separated
10
Divorced
32
Widowed
14

Health

Population
338
Very good
193
Good
113
Fair
19
Bad
10
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
252
England❚CO6 2NT❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
64
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
338
White British
328
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
338
England
320
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
South Africa
2
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
338
Christian
183
No religion
120
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
188
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
32
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
20
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
240
England❚CO6 2NT❚
Full-Time employee
103
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
40
Unemployed
10
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
81
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
2
Detached
45
Semi detached
69
Terraced
17
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
30
Two people
39
Three people
21
Four people
35
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2ND CO6 2NB CO6 2NH CO6 2LX CO6 2LZ CO6 2GP 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