Electoral wardE05015598
Coxheath & Farleigh ward, Maidstone
Coxheath & Farleigh is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,602 residents in 2,790 households — 551 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Weald of Kent constituency; for county elections it is in the Maidstone Rural West division.
Residents, 20216,602council ward average 7,990
Households2,7902.37 residents per household
Density551/ km²about 11.98 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+23.4%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 364
5–95.9% · 391
10–156.0% · 398
16–193.5% · 234
20–244.8% · 315
25–3412.2% · 808
35–4917.8% · 1,179
50–6420.8% · 1,374
65–7412.3% · 811
75–848.5% · 563
85+2.6% · 171
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.1% · 282
1 car or van37.0% · 1,033
2 cars or vans37.2% · 1,040
3 or more15.7% · 438
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.3% · 1,123
With mortgage35.8% · 1,000
Shared ownership2.4% · 68
Social rented11.1% · 311
Private rented10.3% · 287
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.4% · 820
Semi-detached house44.4% · 1,239
Terraced house15.3% · 426
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 200
Converted house0.6% · 18
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.4% · 11
Caravan, mobile2.5% · 71
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015598- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone Rural West
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 22
Parishes in the ward
CoxheathEast FarleighWest Farleigh
Other wards in the same constituency
BBoughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton22.8% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned2,910HHeadcorn & Sutton Valence22.4% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned7,505LLeeds & Langley19.0% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned7,761LLoose & Linton23.5% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned10,153MMarden & Yalding20.0% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned9,494SStaplehurst22.8% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned6,693
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.