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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
121
Population
307
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚CO6 3EF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
307
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
41
Married
169
Separated
7
Divorced
19
Widowed
13

Health

Population
307
Very good
137
Good
118
Fair
35
Bad
14
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚CO6 3EF❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
307
White British
289
White Irish
1
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
307
England
281
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Lithuania
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
China
1
Philippines
3
USA
1
South America
2

Religion

Population
307
Christian
227
Buddhist
2
No religion
55
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
21
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚CO6 3EF❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
21
Unemployed
6
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
1
Detached
70
Semi detached
44
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
20
Two people
53
Three people
20
Four people
22
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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