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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
Urban city and town
Households
145
Population
395
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚CO6 3HW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
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
395
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
345
Single
95
Married
184
Separated
5
Divorced
28
Widowed
33

Health

Population
395
Very good
144
Good
157
Fair
77
Bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
345
England❚CO6 3HW❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
86
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
103

Ethnicity

Population
395
White British
371
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
9
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
395
England
361
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
2
France
3
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Poland
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
China
2
Hong Kong
2
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
5

Religion

Population
395
Christian
236
Hindu
3
Jewish
3
No religion
98
Not stated
55

Industry

Population
191
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
28
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
282
England❚CO6 3HW❚
Full-Time employee
110
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
32
Unemployed
2
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
14
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
71
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
3
Detached
70
Semi detached
59
Terraced
18
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
35
Two people
61
Three people
17
Four people
24
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

CO6 3QB CO6 3PX CO6 3PZ CO6 3QD CO6 3HQ CO6 3QA CO3 9TJ

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