Brentwood: local statistics
Brentwood is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 80,104 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Brentwood, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Average Band D council tax in Brentwood is £2,258.14 for 2026-27, 4.2% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 2nd lowest of the 45 council areas in the East of England. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,535.27, so it has risen 47%.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Brentwood at £514,480 for July 2026, down 2.4% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 5th highest of the 45 council areas in the East of England (regional average £337,518). The July peak was £526,910 in 2025, and prices are 19% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Brentwood (£47,494) gives a ratio of 10.8. That ratio is 6th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest ratio.
The median full-time employee living in Brentwood was paid £951.50 a week before tax in April 2025 (£47,494 a year). That is 18.2% above the figure for the East of England and 5th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest. For full-time jobs located in Brentwood the median is £792.00 a week (−£159.50 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £724.40: a change of +31% before inflation.
A girl born in Brentwood in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.1 years and a boy 82.1 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +1.2 years for women and +0.8 for men. It is the 9th highest for women of 45 in the East of England.
In mid-2025 the population of Brentwood was estimated at 80,104, up 1.5% on mid-2024. That is 3,414 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 4.5%; the East of England grew by 8.5% over the same years, the 36th fastest growth of the 45 council areas in the East of England. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
An estimated 73.7% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Brentwood were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 9.8 points either way; the figure for the East of England was 78.3%. Its lowest reading in the series was 60.2% and its highest 86.4%.
The ONS counted 4,910 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Brentwood in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. There are 61 per 1,000 residents, 5th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest.
2.5% of Brentwood residents aged 16 to 64 (1,220 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.3% in the East of England. The rate was the same a year earlier. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.9% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.2% in January 2023.
In the year to March 2026, 5,079 offences were recorded by police in Brentwood: 63.4 per 1,000 people, close to the middle of the 42 council areas in the East of England (23rd highest rate). The rate was 64.2 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 49.9 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 76,690 |
| 2016 | 77,163 |
| 2017 | 76,950 |
| 2018 | 76,854 |
| 2019 | 77,231 |
| 2020 | 77,339 |
| 2021 | 77,111 |
| 2022 | 77,278 |
| 2023 | 78,250 |
| 2024 | 78,959 |
| 2025 | 80,104 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £433,323 |
| July 2017 | £458,281 |
| July 2018 | £445,853 |
| July 2019 | £455,583 |
| July 2020 | £448,494 |
| July 2021 | £466,522 |
| July 2022 | £504,361 |
| July 2023 | £492,551 |
| July 2024 | £499,173 |
| July 2025 | £526,910 |
| July 2026 | £514,480 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £724.40 a week |
| 2016 | £754.50 a week |
| 2017 | £728.60 a week |
| 2018 | £760.70 a week |
| 2019 | £811.20 a week |
| 2020 | £787.70 a week |
| 2021 | £665.40 a week |
| 2022 | £825.60 a week |
| 2023 | £921.30 a week |
| 2024 | £919.20 a week |
| 2025 | £951.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,535.27 |
| 2017-18 | £1,582.28 |
| 2018-19 | £1,660.14 |
| 2019-20 | £1,741.18 |
| 2020-21 | £1,804.74 |
| 2021-22 | £1,835.12 |
| 2022-23 | £1,912.28 |
| 2023-24 | £1,988.60 |
| 2024-25 | £2,083.46 |
| 2025-26 | £2,166.72 |
| 2026-27 | £2,258.14 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 49.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 57.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 60.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 72.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 82.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 70.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 73.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 74.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 71.5 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 64.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 63.4 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.2% |
| 2016/17 | 72.2% |
| 2017/18 | 74.4% |
| 2018/19 | 71.8% |
| 2019/20 | 79.8% |
| 2020/21 | 60.2% |
| 2021/22 | 77.8% |
| 2022/23 | 77.6% |
| 2023/24 | 86.4% |
| 2024/25 | 71.0% |
| 2025/26 | 73.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.9 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.6 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,680 |
| 2017 | 4,855 |
| 2018 | 4,855 |
| 2019 | 4,935 |
| 2020 | 5,025 |
| 2021 | 4,910 |
| 2022 | 4,815 |
| 2023 | 4,670 |
| 2024 | 4,805 |
| 2025 | 4,795 |
| 2026 | 4,910 |
Questions about Brentwood
How much is Band D council tax in Brentwood?
£2,258.14 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average house price in Brentwood?
£514,480 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-2.4% on a year).
What is the average salary in Brentwood?
£951.50 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in Brentwood?
85.1 years for women and 82.1 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the population of Brentwood?
80,104 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Brentwood?
1,220 in August 2026 (2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Brentwood?
Home Office figures show 5,079 offences in the year to March 2026, or 63.4 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Brentwood
Every body that makes decisions for Brentwood, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Brentwood council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Brentwood in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Brentwood and Ongar: Alex Burghart (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the East of England: Castle Point · East Cambridgeshire · Maldon · Rochford · Stevenage · Three Rivers
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