Electoral wardE05009961
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway ward, Sevenoaks
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway is one of 26 electoral wards of Sevenoaks District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,502 residents in 959 households — 100 people per km², the 22nd 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, 20212,502council ward average 4,635
Households9592.61 residents per household
Density100/ km²about 25.15 km² · Sevenoaks 326
Aged 65+18.8%Sevenoaks: 21.5% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 150
5–97.3% · 182
10–158.7% · 217
16–194.2% · 105
20–243.8% · 94
25–348.3% · 209
35–4921.3% · 534
50–6421.6% · 541
65–7410.9% · 274
75–846.0% · 151
85+1.8% · 46
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.6% · 63
1 car or van31.2% · 299
2 cars or vans43.3% · 414
3 or more18.9% · 181
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sevenoaks overall: 71.6% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.4% private rented.
Owned outright34.6% · 332
With mortgage32.6% · 313
Shared ownership2.0% · 19
Social rented13.9% · 133
Private rented17.0% · 163
Type of home
Detached house40.7% · 391
Semi-detached house32.1% · 308
Terraced house21.0% · 202
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 46
Converted house0.4% · 4
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.8% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009961- Council
- Sevenoaks District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Sevenoaks Rural South
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 26
Parishes in the ward
ChiddingstoneLeigh
Other wards in the same constituency
AAsh and New Ash Green22.1% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned6,069CCowden and Hever22.0% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned2,097EEdenbridge 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% owned5,931PPenshurst, 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.