Electoral wardE05010366
Bocking North ward, Braintree
Bocking North is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,221 residents in 2,154 households — 359 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Braintree constituency; for county elections it is in the Bocking and Halstead divisions.
Residents, 20215,221council ward average 5,972
Households2,1542.42 residents per household
Density359/ km²about 14.56 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+25.5%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 263
5–95.6% · 291
10–156.8% · 353
16–193.9% · 204
20–244.7% · 246
25–3410.7% · 558
35–4918.3% · 957
50–6419.5% · 1,016
65–7412.6% · 658
75–849.1% · 477
85+3.8% · 198
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.9% · 300
1 car or van38.4% · 828
2 cars or vans33.2% · 715
3 or more14.4% · 311
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright36.9% · 794
With mortgage31.7% · 683
Social rented19.6% · 422
Private rented11.8% · 255
Type of home
Detached house26.9% · 579
Semi-detached house35.4% · 763
Terraced house20.0% · 431
Purpose-built flat16.0% · 345
Converted house0.7% · 15
Other conversion0.5% · 11
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010366- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Bocking, Halstead
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 26
Other wards in the same constituency
BBocking Blackwater16.2% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned10,301BBocking 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.