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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
139
Population
323
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚CO6 2PU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
323
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
282
Single
55
Married
153
Separated
5
Divorced
33
Widowed
36

Health

Population
323
Very good
143
Good
114
Fair
51
Bad
11
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
282
England❚CO6 2PU❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
92
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
53

Ethnicity

Population
323
White British
308
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
323
England
301
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
3
Germany
3
Poland
1
South America
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
323
Christian
201
Buddhist
3
Jewish
1
No religion
92
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
165
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
15
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
22
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
24
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚CO6 2PU❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
35
Unemployed
2
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
72
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
4
Detached
87
Semi detached
18
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
15

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
35
Two people
69
Three people
15
Four people
16
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2TS CO6 2TT CO6 2NG CO6 2NF CO6 2LS CO6 2LR CO6 2TD CO6 2TE CO6 2LN CO6 2LF CO6 2LP CO6 2SD CO6 2SG CO6 2SJ CO6 2LT CO6 2NZ CO6 2FE CO6 2FG CO6 2SL CO6 2SP CO6 2SN CO6 2PA CO6 2RN CO6 2QZ CO6 2RZ CO6 2PZ CO6 2PB CO6 2QW CO6 2QY CO6 2QX CO6 2SA CO6 2RU CO6 2RX

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