Electoral wardE05010367
Bocking South ward, Braintree
Bocking South is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,754 residents in 2,903 households — 2,561 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Braintree constituency; for county elections it is in the Bocking and Braintree Town divisions.
Residents, 20216,754council ward average 5,972
Households2,9032.33 residents per household
Density2,561/ km²about 2.64 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+17.2%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 435
5–96.1% · 413
10–157.6% · 516
16–194.2% · 283
20–245.2% · 353
25–3415.0% · 1,015
35–4919.0% · 1,285
50–6419.1% · 1,293
65–748.9% · 599
75–846.0% · 408
85+2.3% · 154
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.7% · 660
1 car or van41.5% · 1,205
2 cars or vans26.3% · 764
3 or more9.4% · 274
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright23.9% · 694
With mortgage26.2% · 761
Shared ownership1.6% · 45
Social rented34.2% · 992
Private rented14.0% · 406
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house10.6% · 309
Semi-detached house43.2% · 1,254
Terraced house19.9% · 578
Purpose-built flat22.5% · 654
Converted house1.3% · 38
Other conversion2.1% · 61
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010367- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Bocking, Braintree Town
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 26
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBocking Blackwater16.2% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned10,301BBocking North25.5% aged 65+ · 68.6% owned5,221BBraintree 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.