Electoral wardE05015613
Staplehurst ward, Maidstone
Staplehurst is one of 22 electoral wards of Maidstone Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,693 residents in 2,664 households — 280 people per km², the 16th 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 division.
Residents, 20216,693council ward average 7,990
Households2,6642.51 residents per household
Density280/ km²about 23.86 km² · Maidstone 447
Aged 65+22.8%Maidstone: 19.1% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 337
5–95.5% · 365
10–157.1% · 474
16–194.7% · 318
20–244.6% · 311
25–3411.1% · 741
35–4918.2% · 1,220
50–6421.0% · 1,404
65–7412.3% · 822
75–847.4% · 496
85+3.1% · 208
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.4% · 251
1 car or van37.8% · 1,007
2 cars or vans36.2% · 964
3 or more16.7% · 444
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maidstone overall: 67.4% owned, 13.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright39.9% · 1,063
With mortgage36.5% · 970
Shared ownership2.5% · 66
Social rented6.9% · 183
Private rented14.2% · 379
Type of home
Detached house31.5% · 838
Semi-detached house42.7% · 1,136
Terraced house20.9% · 557
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 75
Converted house0.5% · 12
Other conversion0.4% · 11
Above shop / office0.6% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015613- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Maidstone Rural South
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Staplehurst
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% owned10,153MMarden & Yalding20.0% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned9,494
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.