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Electoral wardE05005026

Sevenoaks Eastern ward, Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks Eastern is one of 26 electoral wards of Sevenoaks District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,162 residents in 1,683 households — 3,300 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sevenoaks constituency; for county elections it is in the Sevenoaks Town division.

Residents, 20214,162council ward average 4,635
Households1,6832.47 residents per household
Density3,300/ km²about 1.26 km² · Sevenoaks 326
Aged 65+17.8%Sevenoaks: 21.5% · under 16: 22.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 252
5–97.5% · 314
10–158.7% · 362
16–193.8% · 160
20–243.5% · 145
25–3410.9% · 455
35–4924.1% · 1,002
50–6417.6% · 731
65–749.1% · 378
75–845.6% · 234
85+3.1% · 129

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.4% · 259
1 car or van47.3% · 796
2 cars or vans28.3% · 477
3 or more9.0% · 151
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Sevenoaks overall: 71.6% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.4% private rented.

Owned outright30.4% · 512
With mortgage32.1% · 541
Shared ownership1.7% · 28
Social rented16.7% · 281
Private rented19.0% · 320
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house18.7% · 314
Semi-detached house36.8% · 619
Terraced house22.8% · 384
Purpose-built flat14.4% · 243
Converted house5.1% · 85
Other conversion1.1% · 18
Above shop / office1.1% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.