Electoral wardE05010383
Stour Valley South ward, Braintree
Stour Valley South is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,014 residents in 1,320 households — 51 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Braintree constituency; for county elections it is in the Hedingham division.
Residents, 20213,014council ward average 5,972
Households1,3202.28 residents per household
Density51/ km²about 58.75 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+28.6%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 124
5–94.3% · 130
10–155.0% · 152
16–194.0% · 121
20–243.8% · 114
25–347.3% · 220
35–4916.7% · 502
50–6426.2% · 790
65–7415.9% · 480
75–8410.0% · 300
85+2.7% · 81
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.7% · 89
1 car or van33.9% · 449
2 cars or vans36.2% · 479
3 or more23.1% · 306
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright48.3% · 639
With mortgage29.2% · 386
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented9.4% · 125
Private rented12.8% · 170
Type of home
Detached house58.3% · 771
Semi-detached house29.6% · 391
Terraced house9.2% · 122
Purpose-built flat0.5% · 7
Converted house0.8% · 10
Other conversion0.8% · 11
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010383- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Hedingham
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 26
Parishes in the ward
AlphamstoneBulmerBures HamletGestingthorpeGreat HennyLamarshLittle HennyMiddletonTwinsteadWickham St. Paul
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 North27.1% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned2,923
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.