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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004515

Marks Tey & Wakes Colne

Marks Tey & Wakes Colne is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,710 residents in Colchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,710

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,868

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

180.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Lydiard Millicent & Purton, Wiltshire8,238 residents · 77.9% owned · 7.9% no carStansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham, Uttlesford14,839 residents · 74.5% owned · 7.1% no carBlisworth, Roade & Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire15,036 residents · 75.4% owned · 8.1% no carDrakes Broughton & Norton, Wychavon6,705 residents · 75.9% owned · 6.3% no carWalgrave & Moulton, West Northamptonshire11,574 residents · 77.7% owned · 7.7% no carBuntingford & Great Hormead, East Hertfordshire9,319 residents · 75.0% owned · 7.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Marks Tey & Wakes Colne

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned80.4%
3,109 households
Private rented10.4%
401 households
Social rented8.3%
322 households
Shared ownership0.9%
35 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.9%
1,967 households
Semi-detached32.8%
1,268 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.4%
326 households
Terraced6.7%
261 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.2%
1,515 households
1 car or van in household35.5%
1,371 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.8%
688 households
No cars or vans in household7.6%
293 households
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.7%
1,459 households
4 or more bedrooms36.5%
1,412 households
2 bedrooms21%
811 households
1 bedroom4.8%
187 households
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.7%
2,847 households
One-person household22%
852 households
Other household types4.3%
166 households
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.2%
1,479 households
1 person in household22.1%
853 households
3 people in household17.1%
660 households
4 people in household16.1%
622 households
5 people in household4.7%
180 households
6 people in household1.4%
53 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519%
1,846 residents
15–2916.4%
1,594 residents
30–4419.9%
1,931 residents
45–6425.9%
2,511 residents
65 and over18.8%
1,828 residents
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92%
8,928 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
267 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
220 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.2%
212 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
82 residents
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.6%
2,532 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.4%
1,503 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.4%
1,270 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.3%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
774 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.8%
4,952 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.2%
2,652 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
152 residents aged 16 and over
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.4%
1,893 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
1,283 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.4%
1,043 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.3%
957 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.9%
765 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.3%
642 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
406 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
394 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
373 residents aged 16 and over
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.1%
5,158 residents
Good health33.5%
3,251 residents
Fair health10.7%
1,037 residents
Bad health2%
195 residents
Very bad health0.7%
66 residents
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.1%
8,356 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.9%
1,353 residents
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.3%
2,256 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
1,198 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.4%
363 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
48 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Marks Tey & Wakes Colne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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