Electoral wardE05005031
Swanley St Mary's ward, Sevenoaks
Swanley St Mary's is one of 26 electoral wards of Sevenoaks District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,856 residents in 1,877 households — 4,374 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sevenoaks constituency; for county elections it is in the Swanley division.
Residents, 20214,856council ward average 4,635
Households1,8772.59 residents per household
Density4,374/ km²about 1.11 km² · Sevenoaks 326
Aged 65+14.5%Sevenoaks: 21.5% · under 16: 22.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.7% · 325
5–97.4% · 358
10–158.6% · 417
16–194.7% · 227
20–246.1% · 295
25–3412.7% · 618
35–4919.9% · 964
50–6419.5% · 949
65–747.6% · 371
75–845.0% · 243
85+1.8% · 88
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.6% · 386
1 car or van42.5% · 798
2 cars or vans26.9% · 505
3 or more10.0% · 188
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sevenoaks overall: 71.6% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.4% private rented.
Owned outright22.3% · 419
With mortgage27.6% · 518
Shared ownership2.2% · 41
Social rented38.0% · 714
Private rented9.7% · 182
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house6.2% · 117
Semi-detached house55.3% · 1,038
Terraced house22.6% · 425
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 266
Converted house1.0% · 18
Above shop / office0.6% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005031- Council
- Sevenoaks District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Swanley
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Swanley
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% owned4,721SSeal and Weald21.1% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned4,287SSevenoaks Eastern17.8% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned4,162SSevenoaks Kippington20.7% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned4,959SSevenoaks Northern15.1% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned4,589
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.