Electoral wardE05015595
Bearsted & Downswood ward, Maidstone
Bearsted & Downswood is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,667 residents in 4,014 households — 3,208 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency; for county elections it is in the Maidstone Rural North and Maidstone South East and Maidstone South divisions.
Residents, 20219,667council ward average 7,990
Households4,0142.41 residents per household
Density3,208/ km²about 3.01 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+26.0%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 442
5–95.7% · 553
10–157.8% · 753
16–194.2% · 405
20–243.5% · 334
25–348.3% · 798
35–4919.8% · 1,913
50–6420.2% · 1,954
65–7413.2% · 1,277
75–849.2% · 891
85+3.6% · 347
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.4% · 337
1 car or van38.6% · 1,551
2 cars or vans38.3% · 1,536
3 or more14.7% · 589
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright46.5% · 1,868
With mortgage37.1% · 1,489
Shared ownership0.9% · 35
Social rented2.6% · 103
Private rented13.0% · 521
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house36.3% · 1,457
Semi-detached house44.1% · 1,771
Terraced house14.3% · 576
Purpose-built flat4.0% · 160
Converted house0.5% · 20
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015595- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone Rural North, Maidstone South East, Maidstone South
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 22
Parishes in the ward
BearstedDownswood
Other wards in the same constituency
BBoughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton22.8% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned2,910BBoxley Downs17.1% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned7,176GGrove Green & Vinters Park22.3% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned7,841HHarrietsham, Lenham & North Downs25.4% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned9,763LLeeds & Langley19.0% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned7,761LLoose & Linton23.5% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned10,153PPark Wood & Mangravet10.4% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned9,230SSenacre23.5% aged 65+ · 46.5% owned1,332SShepway20.1% aged 65+ · 62.4% owned12,352
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.