Electoral wardE05011559
Seal and Weald ward, Sevenoaks
Seal and Weald is one of 26 electoral wards of Sevenoaks District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,287 residents in 1,699 households — 145 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sevenoaks constituency; for county elections it is in the Sevenoaks Rural South and Sevenoaks Town and Sevenoaks North & Darent Valley divisions.
Residents, 20214,287council ward average 4,635
Households1,6992.52 residents per household
Density145/ km²about 29.52 km² · Sevenoaks 326
Aged 65+21.1%Sevenoaks: 21.5% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 195
5–95.9% · 252
10–1510.5% · 452
16–194.7% · 201
20–243.3% · 141
25–347.0% · 300
35–4919.1% · 819
50–6423.8% · 1,021
65–7410.2% · 437
75–847.3% · 315
85+3.6% · 154
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.7% · 131
1 car or van34.6% · 587
2 cars or vans36.9% · 627
3 or more20.8% · 353
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sevenoaks overall: 71.6% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.4% private rented.
Owned outright38.1% · 647
With mortgage34.0% · 578
Shared ownership2.2% · 37
Social rented12.9% · 220
Private rented12.8% · 217
Type of home
Detached house47.0% · 798
Semi-detached house25.0% · 425
Terraced house15.7% · 266
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 143
Converted house2.4% · 40
Other conversion0.7% · 12
Above shop / office0.6% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011559- Council
- Sevenoaks District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Sevenoaks Rural South, Sevenoaks Town, Sevenoaks North & Darent Valley
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 26
Parishes in the ward
SealSevenoaksSevenoaks Weald
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrasted, Chevening and Sundridge21.5% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned6,622CCrockenhill and Well Hill22.9% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned1,990DDunton Green and Riverhead12.7% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned6,052EEynsford26.4% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned1,864FFarningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth23.7% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned4,907FFawkham and West Kingsdown29.4% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned6,024HHalstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount25.5% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned3,595HHextable26.2% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned4,099KKemsing22.8% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned4,327OOtford and Shoreham23.5% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned4,721SSevenoaks Eastern17.8% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned4,162SSevenoaks Kippington20.7% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned4,959SSevenoaks Northern15.1% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned4,589SSevenoaks Town and St John's20.2% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned7,041
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.