Borough of Brentwood

Borough of Brentwood
Borough of Brentwood
Non-metropolitan district, Borough
	High Street in Brentwood, the largest town in the borough
	Brentwood shown within Essex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Essex
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough
Admin HQ	Brentwood
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Brentwood Borough Council
• Leadership	Alternative - Sec. 31 (No overall control)
• MPs	Alex Burghart
Area
• Total	59.12 sq mi (153.12 km2)
• Rank	165th (of 296)
Population (2022)
• Total	77,332
• Rank	282nd (of 296)
• Density	1,300/sq mi (510/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 88.5% White ; 5.1% Asian ; 3.1% Mixed ; 2.3% Black ; 1.1% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 56% Christianity ; 33.3% no religion ; 5.6% not stated ; 1.8% Hinduism ; 1.6% Islam ; 0.5% Sikhism ; 0.4% Judaism ; 0.4% % Buddhism ; 0.3% other ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	22UD (ONS); E07000068 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ595938

The Borough of Brentwood is a local government district with borough status in Essex, England. The borough is named after its main town of Brentwood, where the council is based; it includes several villages and the surrounding rural area.

The neighbouring districts are Epping Forest, Chelmsford, Basildon, Thurrock and the London Borough of Havering.