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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
139
Population
338
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚CO6 3QS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
338
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
54
Married
190
Separated
3
Divorced
14
Widowed
22

Health

Population
338
Very good
181
Good
106
Fair
42
Bad
8
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
England❚CO6 3QS❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
102
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
338
White British
327
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
6

Country of Birth

Population
338
England
317
Scotland
4
Wales
3
Ireland
4
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
2
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
338
Christian
218
Buddhist
2
Hindu
4
Jewish
1
Sikh
1
No religion
74
Not stated
38

Industry

Population
166
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
23
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
254
England❚CO6 3QS❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
33
Unemployed
3
Retired
64
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
74
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
6
Detached
118
Semi detached
20
Terraced
3
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
28
Two people
60
Three people
26
Four people
17
Five people
8

Nearby postcodes

CO3 9TE

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