Electoral wardE05015606
Marden & Yalding ward, Maidstone
Marden & Yalding is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,494 residents in 3,891 households — 154 people per km², the 8th 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 South and Maidstone Rural West divisions.
Residents, 20219,494council ward average 7,990
Households3,8912.44 residents per household
Density154/ km²about 61.49 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+20.0%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 643
5–95.8% · 549
10–156.8% · 647
16–193.8% · 362
20–244.2% · 398
25–3411.3% · 1,072
35–4918.6% · 1,771
50–6422.7% · 2,157
65–7410.9% · 1,038
75–846.9% · 656
85+2.2% · 207
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.0% · 390
1 car or van37.4% · 1,454
2 cars or vans34.2% · 1,333
3 or more18.4% · 715
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright36.3% · 1,411
With mortgage34.5% · 1,342
Shared ownership2.7% · 104
Social rented12.7% · 494
Private rented13.9% · 539
Type of home
Detached house34.1% · 1,325
Semi-detached house33.3% · 1,293
Terraced house18.7% · 725
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 289
Converted house0.7% · 29
Other conversion0.5% · 18
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile5.1% · 197
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015606- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone Rural South, Maidstone Rural West
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Collier StreetHuntonMardenNettlesteadYalding
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% owned6,602HHeadcorn & Sutton Valence22.4% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned7,505LLeeds & Langley19.0% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned7,761LLoose & Linton23.5% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned10,153SStaplehurst22.8% 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.