Electoral wardE05012962
Halstead St Andrew's ward, Braintree
Halstead St Andrew's is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,486 residents in 2,767 households — 1,830 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Braintree constituency; for county elections it is in the Halstead division.
Residents, 20216,486council ward average 5,972
Households2,7672.34 residents per household
Density1,830/ km²about 3.55 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+22.0%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 355
5–95.2% · 335
10–157.2% · 468
16–194.6% · 298
20–245.0% · 327
25–3412.5% · 814
35–4918.5% · 1,198
50–6419.6% · 1,269
65–7411.3% · 735
75–847.9% · 513
85+2.7% · 177
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.6% · 375
1 car or van40.0% · 1,108
2 cars or vans33.4% · 925
3 or more13.0% · 359
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright36.4% · 1,006
With mortgage34.1% · 943
Shared ownership0.7% · 20
Social rented12.0% · 331
Private rented16.7% · 463
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house25.7% · 710
Semi-detached house32.2% · 891
Terraced house28.8% · 798
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 266
Converted house1.0% · 27
Other conversion0.9% · 26
Above shop / office1.8% · 50
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012962- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Halstead
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Halstead
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 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 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.