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Whitehill & Windmill Hill ward, Gravesham

Whitehill & Windmill Hill is one of 17 electoral wards of Gravesham Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,977 residents in 3,051 households — 5,558 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gravesham constituency; for county elections it is in the Gravesend East and Northfleet & Gravesend West divisions.

Residents, 20217,977council ward average 6,289
Households3,0512.61 residents per household
Density5,558/ km²about 1.44 km² · Gravesham 1,080
Aged 65+17.2%Gravesham: 17.2% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 437
5–96.3% · 506
10–158.4% · 671
16–195.1% · 406
20–245.5% · 440
25–3411.5% · 919
35–4920.0% · 1,598
50–6420.4% · 1,627
65–749.0% · 715
75–845.9% · 472
85+2.4% · 189

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.3% · 588
1 car or van41.2% · 1,256
2 cars or vans28.5% · 869
3 or more11.1% · 339
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Gravesham overall: 62.2% owned, 17.4% social rented, 19.0% private rented.

Owned outright32.0% · 978
With mortgage32.9% · 1,006
Shared ownership0.8% · 23
Social rented19.6% · 598
Private rented14.4% · 439
Lives rent free0.4% · 12

Type of home

Detached house14.1% · 431
Semi-detached house38.3% · 1,168
Terraced house31.7% · 967
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 357
Converted house3.0% · 92
Other conversion0.5% · 15
Above shop / office0.7% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.