Electoral wardE05010388
Witham South ward, Braintree
Witham South is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,386 residents in 2,653 households — 2,209 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witham constituency; for county elections it is in the Witham Southern division.
Residents, 20216,386council ward average 5,972
Households2,6532.41 residents per household
Density2,209/ km²about 2.89 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+14.2%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 21.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 441
5–97.1% · 455
10–157.5% · 479
16–193.9% · 247
20–244.6% · 296
25–3416.6% · 1,060
35–4922.4% · 1,431
50–6416.8% · 1,071
65–748.4% · 538
75–844.3% · 274
85+1.5% · 94
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 372
1 car or van43.4% · 1,151
2 cars or vans33.0% · 877
3 or more9.6% · 255
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright24.2% · 641
With mortgage40.8% · 1,083
Shared ownership0.9% · 23
Social rented17.4% · 462
Private rented16.7% · 443
Type of home
Detached house13.7% · 362
Semi-detached house34.7% · 921
Terraced house32.7% · 866
Purpose-built flat17.9% · 475
Converted house0.7% · 19
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010388- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Witham Southern
- Constituency
- Witham
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 7 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 North15.6% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned7,483WWitham 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.