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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 2TE❚
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 2TE❚
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 2TE❚
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 2TS CO6 2TT CO6 2NG CO6 2NF CO6 2LS CO6 2LR CO6 2TD 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 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