Electoral wardE05015599
Fant & Oakwood ward, Maidstone
Fant & Oakwood is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,136 residents in 5,077 households — 3,879 people per km², the 3rd 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, 202112,136council ward average 7,990
Households5,0772.39 residents per household
Density3,879/ km²about 3.13 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+12.7%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 783
5–96.4% · 776
10–156.5% · 792
16–193.9% · 469
20–245.7% · 689
25–3417.7% · 2,147
35–4922.8% · 2,769
50–6417.8% · 2,159
65–746.9% · 841
75–844.1% · 493
85+1.7% · 212
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.0% · 1,066
1 car or van46.3% · 2,348
2 cars or vans25.3% · 1,282
3 or more7.4% · 378
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright22.5% · 1,143
With mortgage30.6% · 1,556
Shared ownership1.8% · 94
Social rented15.3% · 776
Private rented29.8% · 1,514
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house8.6% · 436
Semi-detached house21.9% · 1,109
Terraced house34.8% · 1,765
Purpose-built flat29.4% · 1,493
Converted house4.1% · 206
Other conversion0.6% · 30
Above shop / office0.5% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015599- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone Central
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
AAllington & Bridge18.7% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned8,116BBarming Heath & Teston18.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned8,092GGrove 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.