Electoral wardE05015593
Allington & Bridge ward, Maidstone
Allington & Bridge is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,116 residents in 3,494 households — 2,984 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maidstone and Malling constituency; for county elections it is in the Maidstone Central division.
Residents, 20218,116council ward average 7,990
Households3,4942.32 residents per household
Density2,984/ km²about 2.72 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+18.7%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 457
5–96.2% · 504
10–156.2% · 499
16–193.5% · 281
20–245.5% · 447
25–3414.9% · 1,210
35–4921.8% · 1,765
50–6417.7% · 1,436
65–748.6% · 699
75–846.5% · 530
85+3.5% · 284
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.7% · 652
1 car or van43.7% · 1,527
2 cars or vans28.0% · 978
3 or more9.6% · 337
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright29.8% · 1,040
With mortgage29.6% · 1,034
Shared ownership2.4% · 82
Social rented9.1% · 319
Private rented29.0% · 1,013
Type of home
Detached house15.1% · 529
Semi-detached house31.7% · 1,108
Terraced house19.8% · 691
Purpose-built flat26.4% · 922
Converted house5.4% · 190
Other conversion0.7% · 25
Above shop / office0.7% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015593- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone Central
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarming Heath & Teston18.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned8,092FFant & Oakwood12.7% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned12,136GGrove Green & Vinters Park22.3% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned7,841HHigh Street11.8% aged 65+ · 41.5% owned10,001LLoose & Linton23.5% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned10,153PPalace Wood28.2% aged 65+ · 87.4% owned6,498PPenenden Heath14.4% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned14,284RRinglestone16.4% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned1,937TTovil11.2% aged 65+ · 54.8% owned6,236
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.