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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
164
Population
382
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
142
England❚CO6 2SZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
382
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
10%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
271
Single
101
Married
114
Separated
11
Divorced
33
Widowed
12

Health

Population
382
Very good
214
Good
129
Fair
27
Bad
8
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
271
England❚CO6 2SZ❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
382
White British
354
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
7
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
5
Black Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
382
England
343
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Germany
5
Portugal
4
South Africa
1
Middle East
2
India
6
Sri Lanka
4
Philippines
1
USA
1
South America
2

Religion

Population
382
Christian
173
Buddhist
4
Hindu
5
Muslim
6
Other
3
No religion
168
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
192
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
28
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
25
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
261
England❚CO6 2SZ❚
Full-Time employee
123
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
34
Unemployed
10
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
70
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
43
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
166
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
2
Detached
13
Semi detached
23
Terraced
116
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
55
Two people
48
Three people
28
Four people
22
Five people
8
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2SY CO6 2SW CO6 2SS CO6 2SQ CO6 2ST CO6 2RJ CO6 2RL CO6 2RW CO6 2RH CO6 2RF 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