Electoral wardE05005010
Cowden and Hever ward, Sevenoaks
Cowden and Hever is one of 26 electoral wards of Sevenoaks District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,097 residents in 875 households — 76 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tonbridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Sevenoaks Rural South division.
Residents, 20212,097council ward average 4,635
Households8752.4 residents per household
Density76/ km²about 27.41 km² · Sevenoaks 326
Aged 65+22.0%Sevenoaks: 21.5% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 80
5–94.9% · 103
10–156.6% · 139
16–194.0% · 83
20–244.6% · 96
25–347.6% · 159
35–4917.7% · 371
50–6428.9% · 607
65–7411.4% · 240
75–847.8% · 164
85+2.7% · 57
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.9% · 52
1 car or van31.7% · 277
2 cars or vans36.1% · 316
3 or more26.3% · 230
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sevenoaks overall: 71.6% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.4% private rented.
Owned outright39.2% · 343
With mortgage31.8% · 278
Shared ownership1.1% · 10
Social rented10.6% · 93
Private rented17.2% · 150
Type of home
Detached house46.9% · 413
Semi-detached house26.7% · 235
Terraced house16.2% · 143
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 39
Converted house2.7% · 24
Other conversion0.9% · 8
Above shop / office1.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005010- Council
- Sevenoaks District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Sevenoaks Rural South
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 26 of 26
Parishes in the ward
CowdenHever
Other wards in the same constituency
AAsh and New Ash Green22.1% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned6,069EEdenbridge North and East19.9% aged 65+ · 67.3% owned5,543EEdenbridge South and West20.2% aged 65+ · 62.9% owned4,337HHartley and Hodsoll Street32.1% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,931LLeigh and Chiddingstone Causeway18.8% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned2,502PPenshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone24.2% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned2,473
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.