Braintree, in numbers

Average home prices reached £328,000 in Braintree.

Braintree local authority area. July 2026. Every figure carries its own date.

Braintree’s district programme includes a completed community building in Witham, improvements to existing halls and work to make sports facilities easier to use. Housing support remains part of the picture. Building completion, legal handover and regular public use are separate milestones; each needs to be followed through.

The short version

Average home price over time

August 1996 to July 2026

Braintree local authority area · Cash prices, before allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: January 1995 to July 2026. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.

From To

Shown on this chart: £56,389 in August 1996; £328,477 in July 2026. 482.5% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Full history context

Average home prices rose from £57,000 to £328,000 between January 1995 and July 2026.

July 2025 to July 2026: £5,000 more per home (1.6% higher).

Cash prices, before allowing for inflation. Changes do not show affordability without local earnings and household circumstances.

Data table and workings

Published UK House Price Index average price, all property types and all buyers, not seasonally adjusted. Entire series comes from the 2026-07 official full-file release, preserving its historical revisions and exact area codes. It is a mix-adjusted average, not the median price paid.

Prices are in pounds at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

Whole local authority area; not a typical home listing or the budget needed by a first-time buyer.

Provisional estimates can be revised. Historical boundaries follow the exact published source code; no old-code series has been relabelled.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Average home price over time — Braintree local authority area: full reviewed history
Period	£
January 1995	57,170
February 1995	57,232
March 1995	55,766
April 1995	55,309
May 1995	54,331
June 1995	55,710
July 1995	55,934
August 1995	56,726
September 1995	55,570
October 1995	55,814
November 1995	55,544
December 1995	56,106
January 1996	55,261
February 1996	54,654
March 1996	54,077
April 1996	53,636
May 1996	54,502
June 1996	55,824
July 1996	56,757
August 1996	56,389
September 1996	56,953
October 1996	56,700
November 1996	57,028
December 1996	56,763
January 1997	58,004
February 1997	58,387
March 1997	58,077
April 1997	57,662
May 1997	58,352
June 1997	59,062
July 1997	60,139
August 1997	60,018
September 1997	60,602
October 1997	61,141
November 1997	62,544
December 1997	63,208
January 1998	62,685
February 1998	62,501
March 1998	63,144
April 1998	64,609
May 1998	65,505
June 1998	66,540
July 1998	67,292
August 1998	67,992
September 1998	67,445
October 1998	67,358
November 1998	67,157
December 1998	67,438
January 1999	67,336
February 1999	68,183
March 1999	68,919
April 1999	69,446
May 1999	70,095
June 1999	70,737
July 1999	72,891
August 1999	74,231
September 1999	75,478
October 1999	75,833
November 1999	76,294
December 1999	77,439
January 2000	79,126
February 2000	79,062
March 2000	79,839
April 2000	80,258
May 2000	82,273
June 2000	84,313
July 2000	86,402
August 2000	88,203
September 2000	89,219
October 2000	90,012
November 2000	92,671
December 2000	92,525
January 2001	92,631
February 2001	91,182
March 2001	93,378
April 2001	95,439
May 2001	97,748
June 2001	99,143
July 2001	100,636
August 2001	101,709
September 2001	101,849
October 2001	102,908
November 2001	104,152
December 2001	107,294
January 2002	109,125
February 2002	111,489
March 2002	113,366
April 2002	115,737
May 2002	118,508
June 2002	120,252
July 2002	123,514
August 2002	125,535
September 2002	129,442
October 2002	132,173
November 2002	136,978
December 2002	139,885
January 2003	142,627
February 2003	144,880
March 2003	146,148
April 2003	148,834
May 2003	148,036
June 2003	148,103
July 2003	148,921
August 2003	151,042
September 2003	154,922
October 2003	154,575
November 2003	153,886
December 2003	154,281
January 2004	155,114
February 2004	157,659
March 2004	158,455
April 2004	161,158
May 2004	164,611
June 2004	166,153
July 2004	170,664
August 2004	172,929
September 2004	175,835
October 2004	174,601
November 2004	175,345
December 2004	176,886
January 2005	178,036
February 2005	178,486
March 2005	176,562
April 2005	174,748
May 2005	173,592
June 2005	174,830
July 2005	177,805
August 2005	180,304
September 2005	181,339
October 2005	180,639
November 2005	178,713
December 2005	177,977
January 2006	179,425
February 2006	180,100
March 2006	181,630
April 2006	180,997
May 2006	182,755
June 2006	184,515
July 2006	187,733
August 2006	188,859
September 2006	188,123
October 2006	188,201
November 2006	187,676
December 2006	190,727
January 2007	191,318
February 2007	196,390
March 2007	195,911
April 2007	196,033
May 2007	196,193
June 2007	199,266
July 2007	204,007
August 2007	204,924
September 2007	205,271
October 2007	204,948
November 2007	204,112
December 2007	206,790
January 2008	207,177
February 2008	209,105
March 2008	207,221
April 2008	204,860
May 2008	202,083
June 2008	199,743
July 2008	198,456
August 2008	197,812
September 2008	194,720
October 2008	194,145
November 2008	191,398
December 2008	186,054
January 2009	178,561
February 2009	171,540
March 2009	169,424
April 2009	166,527
May 2009	166,423
June 2009	167,309
July 2009	169,615
August 2009	171,598
September 2009	175,687
October 2009	179,861
November 2009	180,459
December 2009	180,351
January 2010	181,155
February 2010	185,110
March 2010	187,253
April 2010	185,114
May 2010	186,530
June 2010	188,614
July 2010	194,616
August 2010	193,318
September 2010	190,994
October 2010	189,323
November 2010	189,776
December 2010	185,205
January 2011	183,158
February 2011	181,614
March 2011	186,512
April 2011	187,009
May 2011	186,673
June 2011	188,228
July 2011	188,855
August 2011	192,038
September 2011	191,311
October 2011	189,869
November 2011	188,006
December 2011	186,085
January 2012	188,840
February 2012	187,382
March 2012	185,306
April 2012	182,412
May 2012	185,636
June 2012	190,822
July 2012	193,074
August 2012	192,304
September 2012	191,249
October 2012	190,423
November 2012	191,513
December 2012	192,333
January 2013	190,257
February 2013	186,089
March 2013	183,261
April 2013	183,689
May 2013	186,475
June 2013	188,485
July 2013	192,898
August 2013	195,328
September 2013	197,459
October 2013	198,585
November 2013	198,753
December 2013	201,078
January 2014	200,151
February 2014	202,618
March 2014	201,553
April 2014	204,482
May 2014	208,806
June 2014	212,770
July 2014	217,373
August 2014	217,642
September 2014	222,465
October 2014	222,477
November 2014	221,567
December 2014	217,296
January 2015	216,425
February 2015	219,694
March 2015	222,083
April 2015	227,100
May 2015	227,053
June 2015	228,737
July 2015	229,545
August 2015	234,199
September 2015	237,314
October 2015	238,907
November 2015	241,909
December 2015	242,070
January 2016	243,573
February 2016	242,497
March 2016	246,345
April 2016	249,006
May 2016	253,160
June 2016	258,772
July 2016	261,626
August 2016	264,393
September 2016	261,320
October 2016	263,751
November 2016	262,492
December 2016	267,750
January 2017	271,073
February 2017	273,369
March 2017	272,754
April 2017	271,124
May 2017	273,965
June 2017	276,946
July 2017	280,084
August 2017	278,599
September 2017	279,977
October 2017	281,113
November 2017	284,397
December 2017	286,297
January 2018	285,747
February 2018	287,883
March 2018	286,219
April 2018	283,368
May 2018	282,289
June 2018	283,982
July 2018	286,382
August 2018	285,400
September 2018	286,739
October 2018	288,054
November 2018	291,884
December 2018	291,511
January 2019	292,447
February 2019	287,698
March 2019	283,635
April 2019	280,614
May 2019	279,997
June 2019	281,791
July 2019	282,770
August 2019	282,755
September 2019	281,405
October 2019	281,040
November 2019	280,239
December 2019	280,194
January 2020	278,326
February 2020	284,950
March 2020	283,025
April 2020	285,731
May 2020	282,864
June 2020	287,513
July 2020	285,484
August 2020	286,258
September 2020	286,250
October 2020	292,917
November 2020	292,671
December 2020	294,459
January 2021	291,420
February 2021	291,771
March 2021	289,740
April 2021	290,896
May 2021	292,557
June 2021	294,405
July 2021	292,883
August 2021	294,549
September 2021	298,334
October 2021	303,815
November 2021	306,728
December 2021	307,322
January 2022	308,181
February 2022	313,374
March 2022	316,277
April 2022	318,888
May 2022	317,958
June 2022	322,531
July 2022	324,188
August 2022	327,038
September 2022	329,675
October 2022	333,998
November 2022	337,235
December 2022	333,803
January 2023	330,698
February 2023	329,649
March 2023	330,581
April 2023	328,940
May 2023	328,463
June 2023	327,701
July 2023	330,192
August 2023	324,531
September 2023	324,047
October 2023	322,948
November 2023	326,417
December 2023	323,180
January 2024	320,969
February 2024	315,662
March 2024	314,678
April 2024	319,182
May 2024	322,738
June 2024	320,540
July 2024	315,281
August 2024	315,207
September 2024	319,505
October 2024	320,541
November 2024	320,564
December 2024	321,385
January 2025	322,313
February 2025	320,463
March 2025	320,750
April 2025	321,277
May 2025	322,667
June 2025	324,045
July 2025	323,332
August 2025	324,981
September 2025	322,886
October 2025	323,919
November 2025	326,031
December 2025	329,133
January 2026	329,838
February 2026	322,995
March 2026	320,065
April 2026	316,794
May 2026	321,829
June 2026	327,248
July 2026	328,477

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People living in the area

166,471

Mid-2025 · Braintree local authority area

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Published mid-year estimate for the whole local authority area. This is not automatically the population of the named city settlement.

All usual residents

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Average home price

£328,000

July 2026 · Braintree local authority area

Show the workings

Shown to the nearest £1,000. Published value: £328,477.

Homes in the local authority area

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Average monthly rent

£1,213

August 2026 · Braintree local authority area

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Official local housing data feed. House prices are provisional, not seasonally adjusted; rents use the Price Index of Private Rents. Local short-term estimates are variable. Country references use only the explicitly country-coded ctry object, never the local place object.

Homes in the local authority area

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Homes rented privately

7.9% to 30.3%

Homes rented privately ranged from 7.9% in Silver End & Cressing to 30.3% in Braintree Central & Beckers Green — a gap of 22.4 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 26 of 26 current wards with comparable figures.

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

Homes rented privately · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Silver End & Cressing	7.9%	226	2,851
Gosfield & Greenstead Green	8.8%	104	1,182
Great Notley & Black Notley	10.5%	398	3,784
Witham West	10.8%	303	2,806
Bumpstead	11.1%	132	1,194
Yeldham	11.5%	134	1,169
Rayne	11.5%	133	1,160
Bocking North	11.8%	255	2,154
Three Fields	12.6%	308	2,450
Stour Valley North	12.6%	155	1,230
Stour Valley South	12.8%	170	1,323
Kelvedon & Feering	12.9%	307	2,381
The Colnes	13.2%	332	2,516
Coggeshall	13.5%	344	2,556
Bocking South	14%	406	2,903
Hedingham	14.3%	360	2,522
Bocking Blackwater	15.1%	598	3,967
Hatfield Peverel & Terling	15.6%	389	2,496
Halstead Trinity	15.7%	486	3,092
Braintree West	16.2%	425	2,630
Braintree South	16.5%	449	2,722
Witham South	16.7%	443	2,652
Halstead St Andrew's	16.7%	463	2,766
Witham North	17.7%	554	3,127
Witham Central	20.2%	625	3,090
Braintree Central & Beckers Green	30.3%	1,292	4,259

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What could respond to this pattern →

People reporting bad or very bad health

2.7% to 6.6%

People reporting bad or very bad health ranged from 2.7% in Great Notley & Black Notley to 6.6% in Witham Central — a gap of 3.9 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 26 of 26 current wards with comparable figures.

Residents described their own health. Differences in age matter, so this is a prompt to investigate needs, not a score for local health services.

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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

People reporting bad or very bad health · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Great Notley & Black Notley	2.7%	268	10,101
Rayne	3.4%	99	2,884
Stour Valley South	3.6%	108	3,014
Braintree West	3.6%	221	6,167
Bocking Blackwater	3.6%	375	10,297
Bumpstead	3.7%	107	2,881
Witham South	3.7%	238	6,386
Stour Valley North	3.8%	111	2,923
Hedingham	3.8%	229	6,015
Halstead St Andrew's	4%	259	6,486
Three Fields	4.1%	235	5,752
Coggeshall	4.2%	244	5,878
Braintree South	4.2%	277	6,558
The Colnes	4.4%	266	6,003
Kelvedon & Feering	4.5%	260	5,749
Witham North	4.6%	341	7,484
Hatfield Peverel & Terling	4.6%	269	5,888
Halstead Trinity	4.6%	324	7,071
Silver End & Cressing	4.6%	327	7,048
Gosfield & Greenstead Green	4.9%	133	2,736
Yeldham	5%	143	2,857
Braintree Central & Beckers Green	5.3%	508	9,584
Witham West	5.4%	364	6,798
Bocking North	5.9%	310	5,222
Bocking South	6.4%	433	6,755
Witham Central	6.6%	441	6,729

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What could respond to this pattern →

People aged 65 or over

14.2% to 30.7%

People aged 65 or over ranged from 14.2% in Witham South to 30.7% in Gosfield & Greenstead Green — a gap of 16.5 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 26 of 26 current wards with comparable figures.

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

People aged 65 or over · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Witham South	14.2%	906	6,386
Braintree Central & Beckers Green	15.4%	1,472	9,583
Braintree South	15.4%	1,013	6,558
Witham North	15.6%	1,168	7,483
Great Notley & Black Notley	15.7%	1,589	10,102
Bocking Blackwater	16.2%	1,670	10,299
Bocking South	17.2%	1,161	6,754
Silver End & Cressing	18.6%	1,313	7,049
Halstead Trinity	18.9%	1,334	7,071
Witham West	19.7%	1,341	6,800
Witham Central	20.7%	1,390	6,730
Rayne	21.8%	630	2,885
Halstead St Andrew's	22%	1,425	6,489
Yeldham	22.4%	639	2,859
Kelvedon & Feering	22.6%	1,298	5,749
Hedingham	22.8%	1,373	6,013
The Colnes	23.3%	1,396	6,001
Braintree West	23.4%	1,443	6,167
Bumpstead	24.4%	704	2,881
Bocking North	25.5%	1,333	5,221
Three Fields	26.3%	1,513	5,751
Hatfield Peverel & Terling	26.6%	1,569	5,890
Coggeshall	26.8%	1,573	5,878
Stour Valley North	27.1%	792	2,926
Stour Valley South	28.6%	861	3,014
Gosfield & Greenstead Green	30.7%	840	2,737

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What could change things?

The action plan connects local evidence to proposed next steps. Announced projects and proposed responses are shown separately.

strength

Keep established community buildings useful

Investment has been made in halls and leisure facilities in Braintree and Witham.

Maintained buildings can support activity close to home.

Evidence

What could help →

weakness

Follow housing help through to lasting security

The council reports helping households at risk of homelessness.

Avoiding an immediate crisis is only part of a stable housing outcome.

Evidence

What could help →

opportunity

Make Great Notley’s sports bookings more reliable

Manual-key access has caused delays and occasional problems.

A digital system could make booked sessions easier to use.

Evidence

What could help →

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Local work to follow

Haygreen Road, Witham

Witham community centre

A completed hall, kitchen, changing rooms and meeting space will serve local groups and sports teams.

Construction complete September 2026; legal transfer still underway · evidence dated 2026-09-08

Responsible body: Braintree District Council

What the source says: The transfer to Witham Town Council is not confirmed as complete in this update. Building completion does not prove the public programme is operating.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

New Witham community centre completed →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Get Witham’s completed building into public use →

Target support where disadvantages overlap →

How to track delivery →

Great Notley Country Park sports pitches

Great Notley sports-pitch access

New digital locks are intended to replace manual keys and reduce booking and access problems.

Installation announced February 2026; completion unverified · evidence dated 2026-02-25

Responsible body: Braintree District Council

What the source says: The announced March closure and works window do not prove installation or a measured reduction in access problems.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

Great Notley Country Park facility improvements →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Make Great Notley’s sports bookings more reliable →

Target support where disadvantages overlap →

How to track delivery →

Witham Public Hall, Witham Leisure Centre and Braintree Town Hall

Community building improvements

The council reports investment in modernising three existing community assets.

2025/26 investment reported July 2026 · evidence dated 2026-07-27

Responsible body: Braintree District Council

What the source says: The summary reports investment across the sites, not a complete condition assessment or proof all needed repairs are finished.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

Council annual delivery update: community assets →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Keep established community buildings useful →

Target support where disadvantages overlap →

How to track delivery →

All reviewed projects →

What this local evidence covers

26 of 26 wards

Have at least one valid census comparison with the whole council. Missing measures stay visible.

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4 reviewed plans and projects

4 have a source-dated stage; 0 have some funding evidence; 0 have some cost evidence. These counts do not prove that funding or costs are complete.

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0 verified ward links

Project locations cannot be treated as a map of who benefits. Each record explains any verified ward association.

Read the sources and limits →

What is still missing

The reviewed local schemes are a selected evidence collection, not a complete council capital programme.

Current service capacity, incomes, waiting lists, school demand and project outcomes need additional verified local evidence before firm claims can be made.

Selected council projects and issues, not a complete council programme. Delivery stages describe the dated source; elapsed planned dates do not prove completion.

Action steps are UK Facts proposals for scrutiny and delivery, not council commitments, funded promises or deadlines.

Project locations do not establish ward-wide impact. Missing cost or funding means unverified, not zero.

A direct council area and its member districts must not be added together. County wards are district wards, not county electoral divisions.

Sources and calculations are traceable, but this is not independent AQuA Book assurance or certification.