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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
201
Population
460
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
135
England❚CO6 2SD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
64
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
460
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
363
Single
84
Married
191
Separated
12
Divorced
41
Widowed
35

Health

Population
460
Very good
241
Good
137
Fair
61
Bad
17
Very bad
41

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
363
England❚CO6 2SD❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
89
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
86
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
460
White British
445
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Chinese
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
460
England
427
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
9
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Turkey
1
South Africa
4
Hong Kong
2
Sri Lanka
1
North America - Other
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
460
Christian
286
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
No religion
142
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
218
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
23
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
13
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
312
England❚CO6 2SD❚
Full-Time employee
126
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
41
Unemployed
12
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
201
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
71
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
27
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
218
Occupied
201
Unoccupied
17
Detached
35
Semi detached
82
Terraced
63
Flat - purpose built
29
Flat - converted
9

Household Size

All categoies
201
One person
63
Two people
73
Three people
24
Four people
30
Five people
7
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2TE 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 2RT CO6 2PZ CO6 2PB CO6 2QW CO6 2QY CO6 2PU CO6 2SH CO6 2QX CO6 2RP CO6 2RS CO6 2SE 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