Electoral wardE05012966
Witham Central ward, Braintree
Witham Central is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,728 residents in 3,087 households — 1,936 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witham constituency; for county elections it is in the Witham Northern and Witham Southern divisions.
Residents, 20216,728council ward average 5,972
Households3,0872.18 residents per household
Density1,936/ km²about 3.48 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+20.7%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 399
5–95.8% · 390
10–156.4% · 431
16–193.6% · 242
20–245.3% · 356
25–3417.0% · 1,147
35–4918.6% · 1,255
50–6416.6% · 1,120
65–7410.4% · 703
75–846.8% · 460
85+3.4% · 227
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.8% · 705
1 car or van44.8% · 1,384
2 cars or vans25.1% · 775
3 or more7.2% · 223
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright27.6% · 854
With mortgage30.9% · 954
Shared ownership1.2% · 36
Social rented20.1% · 620
Private rented20.2% · 625
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house18.9% · 585
Semi-detached house18.6% · 576
Terraced house27.2% · 841
Purpose-built flat29.4% · 907
Converted house1.1% · 34
Other conversion3.4% · 106
Above shop / office1.2% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012966- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Witham Northern, Witham Southern
- Constituency
- Witham
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Witham
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% owned5,749SSilver End & Cressing18.6% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned7,047TThe Colnes23.3% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned6,003WWitham 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.