Electoral wardE05010372
Coggeshall ward, Braintree
Coggeshall is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,878 residents in 2,556 households — 131 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witham constituency; for county elections it is in the Braintree Eastern and Witham Northern divisions.
Residents, 20215,878council ward average 5,972
Households2,5562.3 residents per household
Density131/ km²about 44.94 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+26.8%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 260
5–94.6% · 272
10–157.4% · 435
16–193.7% · 220
20–243.8% · 223
25–349.2% · 542
35–4917.2% · 1,009
50–6422.9% · 1,344
65–7413.9% · 816
75–848.7% · 514
85+4.1% · 243
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.5% · 319
1 car or van37.4% · 955
2 cars or vans34.1% · 872
3 or more16.0% · 410
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright41.2% · 1,052
With mortgage30.5% · 779
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented14.6% · 373
Private rented13.5% · 344
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house33.7% · 862
Semi-detached house36.5% · 932
Terraced house19.4% · 495
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 175
Converted house0.9% · 22
Other conversion1.5% · 38
Above shop / office0.7% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010372- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Braintree Eastern, Witham Northern
- Constituency
- Witham
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 26
Parishes in the ward
BradwellCoggeshallStisted
Other wards in the same constituency
HHatfield Peverel & Terling26.6% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned5,887KKelvedon & Feering22.6% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned5,749SSilver End & Cressing18.6% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned7,047TThe Colnes23.3% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned6,003WWitham Central20.7% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned6,728WWitham North15.6% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned7,483WWitham South14.2% aged 65+ · 65.0% owned6,386WWitham West19.7% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned6,797
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.