Electoral wardE05012967
Witham North ward, Braintree
Witham North is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,483 residents in 3,123 households — 2,147 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witham constituency; for county elections it is in the Witham Northern division.
Residents, 20217,483council ward average 5,972
Households3,1232.4 residents per household
Density2,147/ km²about 3.49 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+15.6%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 484
5–96.2% · 461
10–157.3% · 545
16–194.0% · 297
20–245.5% · 410
25–3415.5% · 1,163
35–4921.2% · 1,586
50–6418.3% · 1,369
65–748.7% · 651
75–845.8% · 431
85+1.1% · 86
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.4% · 606
1 car or van42.9% · 1,341
2 cars or vans28.7% · 898
3 or more9.0% · 280
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright26.1% · 815
With mortgage33.9% · 1,059
Shared ownership0.4% · 11
Social rented21.9% · 686
Private rented17.7% · 554
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house7.5% · 236
Semi-detached house30.9% · 965
Terraced house47.2% · 1,474
Purpose-built flat12.6% · 393
Converted house0.5% · 17
Other conversion0.9% · 28
Above shop / office0.4% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012967- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Witham Northern
- Constituency
- Witham
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 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 Central20.7% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned6,728WWitham 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.