Electoral wardE05015607
Palace Wood ward, Maidstone
Palace Wood is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,498 residents in 2,684 households — 3,765 people per km², the 18th 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, 20216,498council ward average 7,990
Households2,6842.42 residents per household
Density3,765/ km²about 1.73 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+28.2%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 284
5–94.9% · 321
10–156.7% · 438
16–194.3% · 277
20–243.9% · 256
25–349.4% · 612
35–4917.6% · 1,142
50–6420.6% · 1,340
65–7413.2% · 862
75–8410.6% · 692
85+4.3% · 283
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.3% · 276
1 car or van41.1% · 1,102
2 cars or vans35.0% · 940
3 or more13.6% · 366
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright50.2% · 1,348
With mortgage37.2% · 997
Shared ownership1.3% · 36
Social rented2.3% · 62
Private rented8.9% · 240
Type of home
Detached house34.6% · 929
Semi-detached house51.8% · 1,389
Terraced house5.5% · 148
Purpose-built flat7.3% · 196
Converted house0.6% · 15
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015607- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone Central
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
AAllington & Bridge18.7% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned8,116BBarming Heath & Teston18.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned8,092FFant & Oakwood12.7% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned12,136GGrove Green & Vinters Park22.3% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned7,841HHigh Street11.8% aged 65+ · 41.5% owned10,001LLoose & Linton23.5% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned10,153PPenenden 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.