Electoral wardE05010369
Braintree South ward, Braintree
Braintree South is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,558 residents in 2,721 households — 5,211 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Braintree constituency; for county elections it is in the Braintree Town division.
Residents, 20216,558council ward average 5,972
Households2,7212.41 residents per household
Density5,211/ km²about 1.26 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+15.4%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 410
5–96.7% · 439
10–157.5% · 495
16–193.8% · 249
20–245.1% · 333
25–3416.4% · 1,074
35–4920.7% · 1,360
50–6418.1% · 1,185
65–749.0% · 591
75–845.0% · 330
85+1.4% · 92
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.8% · 404
1 car or van41.4% · 1,126
2 cars or vans32.7% · 891
3 or more11.1% · 301
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright28.1% · 766
With mortgage35.3% · 962
Shared ownership0.8% · 22
Social rented19.1% · 520
Private rented16.5% · 449
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house18.2% · 496
Semi-detached house37.1% · 1,009
Terraced house29.2% · 796
Purpose-built flat14.3% · 388
Converted house0.8% · 21
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010369- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Braintree Town
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 26
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 Central & Beckers Green15.4% aged 65+ · 46.4% owned9,584BBraintree 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.