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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
144
Population
409
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚CO6 2PW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
409
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
334
Single
62
Married
193
Separated
5
Divorced
36
Widowed
38

Health

Population
409
Very good
202
Good
132
Fair
56
Bad
15
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
334
England❚CO6 2PW❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
409
White British
385
White Irish
4
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
409
England
384
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
3
India
1
Pakistan
1
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
2

Religion

Population
409
Christian
254
Hindu
1
Muslim
4
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
100
Not stated
47

Industry

Population
189
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
18
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
271
England❚CO6 2PW❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
51
Unemployed
8
Retired
48
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
72
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
150
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
6
Detached
62
Semi detached
53
Terraced
34
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
23
Two people
67
Three people
22
Four people
22
Five people
4
Six people
6

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