Electoral wardE05015602
Headcorn & Sutton Valence ward, Maidstone
Headcorn & Sutton Valence is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,505 residents in 3,061 households — 124 people per km², the 14th 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 East and Maidstone Rural South divisions.
Residents, 20217,505council ward average 7,990
Households3,0612.45 residents per household
Density124/ km²about 60.43 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+22.4%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 401
5–95.9% · 441
10–157.0% · 524
16–194.0% · 302
20–244.1% · 305
25–3410.1% · 756
35–4918.0% · 1,352
50–6423.2% · 1,739
65–7411.6% · 872
75–848.2% · 612
85+2.7% · 199
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.8% · 299
1 car or van36.9% · 1,130
2 cars or vans35.3% · 1,080
3 or more18.0% · 552
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.2% · 1,231
With mortgage32.8% · 1,003
Shared ownership2.3% · 71
Social rented10.7% · 327
Private rented14.0% · 429
Type of home
Detached house44.1% · 1,349
Semi-detached house29.8% · 912
Terraced house14.4% · 441
Purpose-built flat6.2% · 190
Converted house0.7% · 20
Other conversion0.7% · 22
Above shop / office0.7% · 21
Caravan, mobile3.4% · 105
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015602- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone Rural East, Maidstone Rural South
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Boughton MalherbeEast SuttonHeadcornSutton ValenceUlcombe
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBoughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton22.8% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned2,910CCoxheath & Farleigh23.4% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned6,602LLeeds & 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.