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Maxton & Elms Vale ward, Dover

Maxton & Elms Vale is one of 17 electoral wards of Dover District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,006 residents in 1,681 households — 1,460 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dover and Deal constituency; for county elections it is in the Dover Town division.

Residents, 20214,006council ward average 6,848
Households1,6812.38 residents per household
Density1,460/ km²about 2.74 km² · Dover 369
Aged 65+19.3%Dover: 24.0% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 207
5–95.8% · 232
10–156.7% · 269
16–194.1% · 166
20–244.9% · 198
25–3413.0% · 522
35–4918.6% · 745
50–6422.3% · 892
65–7412.0% · 480
75–845.4% · 215
85+1.9% · 78

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.9% · 250
1 car or van45.8% · 770
2 cars or vans29.9% · 503
3 or more9.4% · 158
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Dover overall: 66.2% owned, 13.9% social rented, 19.0% private rented.

Owned outright40.6% · 682
With mortgage38.3% · 644
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented3.0% · 50
Private rented17.8% · 299
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house14.8% · 248
Semi-detached house38.8% · 652
Terraced house37.6% · 631
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 124
Converted house0.8% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 9
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.