Electoral wardE05010368
Braintree Central & Beckers Green ward, Braintree
Braintree Central & Beckers Green is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,584 residents in 4,259 households — 4,298 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Braintree constituency; for county elections it is in the Braintree Eastern and Braintree Town divisions.
Residents, 20219,584council ward average 5,972
Households4,2592.25 residents per household
Density4,298/ km²about 2.23 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+15.4%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 634
5–95.9% · 565
10–156.9% · 663
16–193.6% · 345
20–246.3% · 599
25–3417.0% · 1,627
35–4920.6% · 1,977
50–6417.8% · 1,701
65–748.5% · 818
75–844.7% · 446
85+2.2% · 208
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.2% · 1,029
1 car or van44.8% · 1,906
2 cars or vans23.5% · 1,000
3 or more7.6% · 324
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright22.9% · 974
With mortgage23.5% · 1,001
Shared ownership0.6% · 27
Social rented22.6% · 962
Private rented30.3% · 1,292
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house8.2% · 349
Semi-detached house30.8% · 1,312
Terraced house27.5% · 1,172
Purpose-built flat27.2% · 1,158
Converted house2.8% · 119
Other conversion1.8% · 76
Above shop / office1.7% · 71
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010368- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Braintree Eastern, Braintree Town
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 3 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% owned5,221BBocking South17.2% aged 65+ · 50.1% owned6,754BBraintree 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.