Electoral wardE05010382
Stour Valley North ward, Braintree
Stour Valley North is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,923 residents in 1,231 households — 41 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Braintree constituency; for county elections it is in the Hedingham division.
Residents, 20212,923council ward average 5,972
Households1,2312.37 residents per household
Density41/ km²about 70.60 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+27.1%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 109
5–94.0% · 116
10–157.0% · 206
16–193.3% · 98
20–244.1% · 119
25–347.1% · 209
35–4915.5% · 453
50–6428.2% · 824
65–7416.2% · 474
75–848.6% · 252
85+2.3% · 66
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van4.6% · 57
1 car or van29.8% · 367
2 cars or vans37.7% · 465
3 or more27.9% · 344
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright46.3% · 569
With mortgage30.6% · 376
Shared ownership0.8% · 10
Social rented9.8% · 120
Private rented12.6% · 155
Type of home
Detached house59.7% · 735
Semi-detached house32.5% · 401
Terraced house5.6% · 69
Purpose-built flat0.6% · 7
Converted house0.2% · 2
Other conversion0.3% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010382- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Hedingham
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 26 of 26
Parishes in the ward
AshenBelchamp OttenBelchamp St. PaulBelchamp WalterBorleyFoxearthListonLittle YeldhamOvingtonPentlowRidgewellTilbury Juxta Clare
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 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 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.