Council tax bands in Braintree

Braintree has the largest share of three-bedroom homes (42.3%) and the smallest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (11.6%) of the twelve councils in Essex.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes are the most common size, then two-bedroom (28.3%) and four-bedroom (16.7%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. One-bedroom homes make up 8.9%. Homes here average 2.79 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (24.4%), from 1983 to 1999 (17.1%) and from 2000 to 2015 (13.0%). Some 8,010 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 19.2% of these newer homes and 35.2% of the older ones. Homes from before 1919 make up 13.4%, 6.5 points below the share for England. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 600 homes (+0.84%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2021, with 1,330 homes recorded as built.

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Braintree gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 55.6%, with band C the largest single band (28.6%). The share in bands A and B, 33.4%, is 9.7 points below the figure for England as a whole. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F, G and H. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Mid Suffolk. Band H, the top band, holds 240 homes.

Semis and terraced houses, almost level

Semi-detached houses (26.2%) only just outnumber the other types in Braintree; in order they are followed by terraced houses (25.0%), detached houses (24.1%), flats and maisonettes (14.0%) and bungalows (9.5%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Rugby, followed by Central Bedfordshire and Cherwell. The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. It also counts 450 annexes, separate living quarters attached to another home. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in flats and maisonettes: 4.7 points below the share there (18.7%).

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Braintree are Cherwell (7.9), Bedford (10.7) and Folkestone and Hythe (11.2); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (84.6).

Compare side by side

Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Braintree comes 19th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Rochford and just ahead of Babergh. All East of England councils.