Electoral wardE05010389
Witham West ward, Braintree
Witham West is one of 26 electoral wards of Braintree District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,797 residents in 2,809 households — 1,440 people per km², the 7th 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, 20216,797council ward average 5,972
Households2,8092.42 residents per household
Density1,440/ km²about 4.72 km² · Braintree 254
Aged 65+19.7%Braintree: 20.4% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 381
5–96.2% · 421
10–157.5% · 508
16–194.4% · 299
20–245.3% · 358
25–3412.5% · 847
35–4919.4% · 1,322
50–6419.5% · 1,323
65–7411.7% · 796
75–846.4% · 432
85+1.7% · 113
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.9% · 530
1 car or van42.6% · 1,197
2 cars or vans28.9% · 812
3 or more9.6% · 270
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Braintree overall: 67.8% owned, 16.3% social rented, 15.1% private rented.
Owned outright32.6% · 915
With mortgage32.7% · 917
Shared ownership0.5% · 13
Social rented23.3% · 655
Private rented10.8% · 303
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house10.7% · 301
Semi-detached house34.3% · 964
Terraced house45.5% · 1,278
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 242
Converted house0.5% · 13
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010389- Council
- Braintree District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Witham Southern
- Constituency
- Witham
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 11 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 South14.2% aged 65+ · 65.0% owned6,386
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.