Electoral wardE05015609
Penenden Heath ward, Maidstone
Penenden Heath is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,284 residents in 5,679 households — 4,761 people per km², the 1st 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 division.
Residents, 202114,284council ward average 7,990
Households5,6792.52 residents per household
Density4,761/ km²about 3.00 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+14.4%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 812
5–95.6% · 805
10–156.1% · 868
16–193.4% · 485
20–247.7% · 1,098
25–3417.6% · 2,521
35–4922.8% · 3,255
50–6416.7% · 2,391
65–748.2% · 1,168
75–844.1% · 581
85+2.1% · 302
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.9% · 1,073
1 car or van45.3% · 2,575
2 cars or vans26.8% · 1,521
3 or more9.0% · 514
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright27.2% · 1,545
With mortgage31.9% · 1,811
Shared ownership1.0% · 55
Social rented11.2% · 635
Private rented28.7% · 1,630
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house15.5% · 880
Semi-detached house25.6% · 1,451
Terraced house29.6% · 1,681
Purpose-built flat24.3% · 1,377
Converted house3.6% · 202
Other conversion0.8% · 46
Above shop / office0.6% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015609- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone North East
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 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% owned10,153PPalace Wood28.2% aged 65+ · 87.4% owned6,498RRinglestone16.4% 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.