Electoral wardE05009544
Abbey ward, Swale
Abbey is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,273 residents in 2,447 households — 2,751 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency; for county elections it is in the Faversham division.
Residents, 20215,273council ward average 6,320
Households2,4472.15 residents per household
Density2,751/ km²about 1.92 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+23.0%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 265
5–95.0% · 265
10–155.9% · 313
16–193.9% · 208
20–244.9% · 260
25–3414.1% · 742
35–4918.5% · 976
50–6419.5% · 1,030
65–7411.1% · 584
75–848.0% · 424
85+3.8% · 202
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.1% · 590
1 car or van47.1% · 1,152
2 cars or vans22.0% · 538
3 or more6.9% · 168
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright35.6% · 871
With mortgage27.9% · 682
Shared ownership1.5% · 36
Social rented10.9% · 267
Private rented24.1% · 589
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house4.8% · 118
Semi-detached house21.5% · 526
Terraced house47.2% · 1,155
Purpose-built flat17.4% · 426
Converted house2.5% · 62
Other conversion3.8% · 92
Above shop / office2.1% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009544- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Faversham
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Faversham
Other wards in the same constituency
BBoughton and Courtenay24.3% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned5,798EEast Downs26.0% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned2,761PPriory22.3% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned2,902SSt Ann's21.9% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned5,497TTeynham and Lynsted18.9% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned6,760WWatling20.0% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned6,765WWest Downs23.9% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned2,908
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.