Electoral wardE05015600
Grove Green & Vinters Park ward, Maidstone
Grove Green & Vinters Park is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,841 residents in 3,132 households — 2,374 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Faversham and Mid Kent and Maidstone and Malling constituencies; for county elections it is in the Maidstone North East and Maidstone Rural East and Maidstone Rural North and Maidstone South divisions.
Residents, 20217,841council ward average 7,990
Households3,1322.5 residents per household
Density2,374/ km²about 3.30 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+22.3%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 400
5–95.9% · 466
10–157.4% · 584
16–194.1% · 318
20–244.3% · 337
25–3410.8% · 848
35–4919.6% · 1,533
50–6420.4% · 1,602
65–7413.5% · 1,056
75–847.1% · 555
85+1.8% · 141
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.5% · 297
1 car or van39.0% · 1,223
2 cars or vans37.9% · 1,187
3 or more13.6% · 427
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright42.9% · 1,343
With mortgage36.7% · 1,148
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented2.9% · 92
Private rented17.0% · 533
Type of home
Detached house39.3% · 1,232
Semi-detached house28.6% · 897
Terraced house19.7% · 616
Purpose-built flat11.5% · 359
Converted house0.5% · 17
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015600- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone North East, Maidstone Rural East, Maidstone Rural North, Maidstone South
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent, Maidstone and Malling
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 22
Parishes in the ward
BoxleyThurnham
Other wards in the same constituency
AAllington & Bridge18.7% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned8,116BBarming Heath & Teston18.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned8,092BBearsted & Downswood26.0% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned9,667BBoughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton22.8% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned2,910BBoxley Downs17.1% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned7,176FFant & Oakwood12.7% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned12,136HHarrietsham, Lenham & North Downs25.4% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned9,763HHigh Street11.8% aged 65+ · 41.5% owned10,001LLeeds & Langley19.0% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned7,761LLoose & Linton23.5% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned10,153PPalace Wood28.2% aged 65+ · 87.4% owned6,498PPark Wood & Mangravet10.4% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned9,230PPenenden Heath14.4% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned14,284RRinglestone16.4% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned1,937
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.