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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lexden and Braiswick
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
132
Population
319
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚CO6 3EA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
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
319
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
264
Single
45
Married
178
Civil partnership
2
Separated
2
Divorced
15
Widowed
22

Health

Population
319
Very good
178
Good
93
Fair
38
Bad
9
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
264
England❚CO6 3EA❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
103
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
295
White Irish
1
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
6
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
287
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
3
France
1
Germany
5
Poland
1
Zimbabwe
2
Pakistan
1
Philippines
4
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
245
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
53
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
146
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
24
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
230
England❚CO6 3EA❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
18
Unemployed
6
Retired
58
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
73
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
1
Detached
108
Semi detached
24
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
32
Two people
48
Three people
22
Four people
26
Five people
3
Six people
1

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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