Electoral wardE05010365
Bocking Blackwater ward, Braintree
Bocking Blackwater is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,301 residents in 3,967 households — 4,357 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Braintree constituency; for county elections it is in the Bocking and Braintree Eastern and Braintree Town divisions.
Residents, 202110,301council ward average 5,972
Households3,9672.6 residents per household
Density4,357/ km²about 2.36 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+16.2%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 597
5–96.9% · 712
10–158.4% · 865
16–194.4% · 450
20–245.0% · 519
25–3412.0% · 1,240
35–4921.5% · 2,219
50–6419.7% · 2,027
65–748.9% · 918
75–845.0% · 518
85+2.3% · 234
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.4% · 413
1 car or van38.4% · 1,524
2 cars or vans36.9% · 1,463
3 or more14.3% · 567
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright34.7% · 1,377
With mortgage41.8% · 1,658
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented8.1% · 320
Private rented15.1% · 598
Type of home
Detached house34.9% · 1,386
Semi-detached house32.8% · 1,300
Terraced house20.6% · 818
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 343
Converted house0.8% · 30
Other conversion0.9% · 37
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 53
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010365- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Bocking, Braintree Eastern, Braintree Town
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 26
Other wards in the same constituency
BBocking North25.5% aged 65+ · 68.6% owned5,221BBocking South17.2% aged 65+ · 50.1% owned6,754BBraintree Central & Beckers Green15.4% aged 65+ · 46.4% owned9,584BBraintree South15.4% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned6,558BBraintree West23.4% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned6,166BBumpstead24.4% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned2,880GGosfield & Greenstead Green30.7% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned2,737GGreat Notley & Black Notley15.7% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned10,101HHalstead St Andrew's22.0% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned6,486HHalstead Trinity18.9% aged 65+ · 60.4% owned7,073HHedingham22.8% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned6,016RRayne21.8% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned2,887SStour Valley North27.1% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned2,923SStour Valley South28.6% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned3,014
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.