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Electoral wardE05010831

Lexden and Braiswick ward, Colchester

Lexden and Braiswick is one of 17 electoral wards of Colchester City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,609 residents in 3,980 households — 332 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Colchester and Harwich and North Essex constituencies; for county elections it is in the Constable and Drury and Mile End and Highwoods divisions.

Residents, 20219,609council ward average 11,336
Households3,9802.41 residents per household
Density332/ km²about 28.98 km² · Colchester 587
Aged 65+23.8%Colchester: 17.8% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 407
5–95.9% · 566
10–157.3% · 704
16–194.0% · 385
20–244.4% · 426
25–348.6% · 824
35–4919.4% · 1,865
50–6422.4% · 2,149
65–7412.5% · 1,200
75–847.7% · 738
85+3.6% · 345

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.6% · 423
1 car or van37.1% · 1,478
2 cars or vans36.7% · 1,462
3 or more15.5% · 617
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Colchester overall: 64.6% owned, 13.3% social rented, 21.5% private rented.

Owned outright44.9% · 1,786
With mortgage35.6% · 1,418
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented6.6% · 264
Private rented12.6% · 503
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house53.5% · 2,130
Semi-detached house23.8% · 946
Terraced house10.5% · 418
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 378
Converted house1.1% · 42
Other conversion1.4% · 54
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010831
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Constable, Drury, Mile End and Highwoods
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
14 of 17

Parishes in the ward

AldhamEight Ash GreenWest Bergholt

Council offices in this ward

PWest Bergholt Parish CouncilParish council · CO6 3BW

Other wards in the same constituency

BBerechurch13.7% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned11,235CCastle16.3% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned11,314GGreenstead12.8% aged 65+ · 36.6% owned14,671HHighwoods11.3% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned10,502MMersea and Pyefleet34.6% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned9,862MMile End8.2% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned14,233NNew Town and Christ Church10.4% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned14,672OOld Heath and The Hythe14.2% aged 65+ · 54.5% owned12,762PPrettygate24.9% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned10,444RRural North24.6% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned10,809SShrub End9.6% aged 65+ · 46.7% owned12,438SSt Anne's and St John's23.7% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned10,792WWivenhoe21.4% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned8,984

All 17 wards of Colchester

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.