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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
144
Population
348
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚CO6 2RL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
348
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
291
Single
56
Married
184
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
20
Widowed
25

Health

Population
348
Very good
172
Good
125
Fair
36
Bad
11
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
291
England❚CO6 2RL❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
89
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
348
White British
333
White Other
5
Mixed Other
2
Black African
7
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
348
England
327
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Germany
1
Poland
1
Romania
1
Nigeria
2
South Africa
3
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
348
Christian
248
Other
3
No religion
73
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
162
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
13
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚CO6 2RL❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
31
Unemployed
6
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
7
Detached
107
Semi detached
35
Terraced
7
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
30
Two people
68
Three people
18
Four people
20
Five people
6
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2SY CO6 2PD CO6 2PF CO6 2SW CO6 2SS CO6 2SQ CO6 2ST CO6 2TB CO6 2SZ CO6 2SB CO6 2RW CO6 2RD CO6 2RE

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