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Braintree District Council
Local authority area: Braintree
Braintree is a district council in Essex, in the East of England region of England. It covers 611.7 km² and had 157,681 residents in 2022 — about 258 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Braintree.
Town hall in the administrative centreBraintree Town Hall
Photo: Brenda Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Braintree, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022157,681+6.3% since 2012
Land area611.7km²236.2 sq mi
Density258/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#173of 382 UK councils · #152 in England
Population estimates4 data points
148.4K150.4K151.6K157.7K
2012201520182022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Braintree became a local authority area.
Abroad
Twinned with
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Elections
26 electoral wards
Census 2021: 155,270 residents in 64,980 households across the wards; 20.4% aged 65+, 67.8% of homes owned, 13.7% of households without a car.
1Bocking Blackwater3,967 households · 16.2% aged 65+10,3012Great Notley & Black Notley3,784 households · 15.7% aged 65+10,1013Braintree Central & Beckers Green4,259 households · 15.4% aged 65+9,5844Witham North3,123 households · 15.6% aged 65+7,4835Halstead Trinity3,092 households · 18.9% aged 65+7,0736Silver End & Cressing2,849 households · 18.6% aged 65+7,047
Visit
Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
CBraintree District CouncilCouncil office · Braintree CM7 9HB · hours listedTBraintree Town HallTown hall · Braintree CM7 3YG · hours listedPGreat Notley Parish CouncilParish council · Braintree CM77 7US · hours listedPSible Hedingham Parish CouncilParish council · Halstead CO9 3HT · hours listed
Westminster
Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q897454 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.