Standing view · population · Brentwood
falling, held with strong confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
The general fertility rate in Brentwood was 60.9 in 2024 and 52 in 2025, falling in both years. Live births numbered 894 in 2024 and 783 in 2025, also falling in both. The crude birth rate was 9.8 in 2025, likewise falling. The total fertility rate was 1.68 in 2024 and 1.44 in 2025, and the population 80,104 in 2025. Every measure with a recorded direction fell, and births were lower in 2025 than in 2024.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Brentwood. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| General fertility rate (GFR) | 2024 | falling |
| Live births | 2024 | falling |
| Crude birth rate | 2025 | falling |
| General fertility rate (GFR) | 2025 | falling |
| Live births | 2025 | falling |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Total fertility rate (TFR) | 2024 | — |
| Population | 2025 | — |
| Total fertility rate (TFR) | 2025 | — |