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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
158
Population
330
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚CO6 2WH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
330
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
70
Married
122
Separated
11
Divorced
48
Widowed
24

Health

Population
330
Very good
145
Good
117
Fair
46
Bad
11
Very bad
48

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚CO6 2WH❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
81
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
330
White British
309
White Other
11
Mixed Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
9

Country of Birth

Population
330
England
303
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
3
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Turkey
5
Bangladesh
7
USA
1

Religion

Population
330
Christian
182
Buddhist
1
Muslim
15
Other
2
No religion
98
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
157
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
16
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
235
England❚CO6 2WH❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
34
Unemployed
5
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
158
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
171
Occupied
158
Unoccupied
13
Detached
43
Semi detached
47
Terraced
66
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
12

Household Size

All categoies
158
One person
57
Two people
70
Three people
11
Four people
13
Five people
4
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

CO6 2TS CO6 2TT CO6 2NG CO6 2NF CO6 2LS CO6 2LR CO6 2TD CO6 2TE 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 2SN CO6 2RT CO6 2PU CO6 2SH 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