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Brentwood Borough Council

Local authority area: Brentwood

Brentwood is a district council in Essex, in the East of England region of England. It covers 153.1 km² and had 77,332 residents in 2022 — about 505 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Brentwood.

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Town hall in the administrative centreBrentwood Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Brentwood, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202277,332+4.5% since 2012

Land area153.1km²59.1 sq mi

Density505/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#360of 382 UK councils · #303 in England

Population estimates4 data points

74K76.1K76.5K77.3K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Brentwood became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Essex

All councils in East of England

Colchester194,394 Basildon188,848 Chelmsford183,326 Braintree157,681 Tendring151,451 Epping Forest134,989 Harlow94,409 Uttlesford92,578 Castle Point89,731 Rochford87,216 Maldon67,554

Elections

13 electoral wards

Census 2021: 77,047 residents in 32,337 households across the wards; 20.2% aged 65+, 71.9% of homes owned, 13.7% of households without a car.

1Hutton South3,067 households · 19.3% aged 65+7,416 2Brentwood North3,147 households · 16.3% aged 65+7,347 3Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing2,779 households · 24.5% aged 65+6,366 4Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald2,441 households · 23.5% aged 65+6,349 5Brentwood West2,811 households · 14.0% aged 65+6,191 6Hutton East2,419 households · 20.9% aged 65+6,166

All wards of Brentwood

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CAcas Counselling ServiceCouncil office · Brentwood CM14 4PZ TBrentwood Town HallTown hall · Brentwood CM15 8AY

Westminster

Constituencies

Brentwood and Ongar · 13 wards

Source: Wikidata Q427849 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.