Electoral wardE05015603
High Street ward, Maidstone
High Street is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,001 residents in 4,497 households — 5,868 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maidstone and Malling constituency; for county elections it is in the Maidstone North East and Maidstone Central divisions.
Residents, 202110,001council ward average 7,990
Households4,4972.22 residents per household
Density5,868/ km²about 1.70 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+11.8%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 661
5–95.4% · 537
10–155.6% · 564
16–193.5% · 354
20–247.3% · 734
25–3421.1% · 2,110
35–4923.1% · 2,312
50–6415.5% · 1,548
65–746.2% · 622
75–843.6% · 364
85+1.9% · 192
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.4% · 1,503
1 car or van42.1% · 1,897
2 cars or vans19.3% · 868
3 or more5.2% · 233
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright19.3% · 870
With mortgage22.2% · 1,000
Shared ownership1.8% · 82
Social rented18.6% · 836
Private rented38.0% · 1,712
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house5.9% · 266
Semi-detached house15.5% · 696
Terraced house25.0% · 1,125
Purpose-built flat41.1% · 1,849
Converted house6.5% · 291
Other conversion2.9% · 129
Above shop / office3.0% · 133
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015603- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone North East, Maidstone Central
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 22
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAllington & Bridge18.7% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned8,116BBarming Heath & Teston18.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned8,092FFant & Oakwood12.7% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned12,136GGrove Green & Vinters Park22.3% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned7,841LLoose & 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.