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Electoral wardE05010832

Marks Tey and Layer ward, Colchester

Marks Tey and Layer is one of 17 electoral wards of Colchester City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,148 residents in 4,393 households — 142 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witham constituency; for county elections it is in the Constable and Mersea and Tiptree and Stanway and Pyefleet divisions.

Residents, 202111,148council ward average 11,336
Households4,3932.54 residents per household
Density142/ km²about 78.78 km² · Colchester 587
Aged 65+19.1%Colchester: 17.8% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 661
5–96.4% · 712
10–157.7% · 854
16–193.7% · 413
20–244.8% · 530
25–3412.9% · 1,434
35–4919.3% · 2,152
50–6420.3% · 2,261
65–7410.6% · 1,178
75–846.5% · 720
85+2.1% · 233

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.7% · 294
1 car or van34.8% · 1,528
2 cars or vans41.5% · 1,826
3 or more17.0% · 747
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.8% · 1,615
With mortgage43.0% · 1,888
Shared ownership0.9% · 38
Social rented8.1% · 357
Private rented11.2% · 494
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house51.7% · 2,272
Semi-detached house33.4% · 1,467
Terraced house6.0% · 262
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 344
Converted house0.3% · 14
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.3% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010832
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Constable, Mersea and Tiptree, Stanway and Pyefleet
Constituency
Witham
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
16 of 17

Parishes in the ward

BirchCopfordGreat and Little WigboroughLayer BretonLayer MarneyLayer-de-la-HayeMarks TeyMessing-cum-InworthSalcottStanwayVirley

Other wards in the same constituency

SStanway21.4% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned9,612TTiptree26.3% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned9,626

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.