Electoral wardE05012965
Silver End & Cressing ward, Braintree
Silver End & Cressing is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,047 residents in 2,849 households — 285 people per km², the 6th 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, 20217,047council ward average 5,972
Households2,8492.47 residents per household
Density285/ km²about 24.73 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+18.6%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 489
5–96.2% · 439
10–156.5% · 455
16–193.3% · 234
20–244.9% · 342
25–3415.8% · 1,115
35–4918.4% · 1,299
50–6419.3% · 1,363
65–7410.4% · 734
75–845.4% · 384
85+2.8% · 195
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.4% · 326
1 car or van37.2% · 1,060
2 cars or vans35.7% · 1,017
3 or more15.7% · 446
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright31.2% · 890
With mortgage37.9% · 1,081
Shared ownership2.2% · 62
Social rented20.7% · 589
Private rented7.9% · 226
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house23.4% · 667
Semi-detached house47.9% · 1,365
Terraced house20.8% · 594
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 195
Converted house0.4% · 11
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012965- 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
- 14 of 26
Parishes in the ward
CressingRivenhallSilver End
Other wards in the same constituency
CCoggeshall26.8% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned5,878HHatfield Peverel & Terling26.6% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned5,887KKelvedon & Feering22.6% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned5,749TThe 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.