Electoral wardE05009546
Borden and Grove Park ward, Swale
Borden and Grove Park is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,437 residents in 2,556 households — 777 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency; for county elections it is in the Swale West division.
Residents, 20216,437council ward average 6,320
Households2,5562.52 residents per household
Density777/ km²about 8.29 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+25.1%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 361
5–95.8% · 376
10–156.4% · 410
16–194.1% · 262
20–244.8% · 307
25–3411.5% · 743
35–4917.2% · 1,107
50–6419.5% · 1,258
65–7412.6% · 809
75–848.7% · 559
85+3.8% · 245
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.5% · 346
1 car or van38.1% · 974
2 cars or vans33.3% · 852
3 or more15.1% · 385
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright42.4% · 1,085
With mortgage31.8% · 814
Shared ownership0.7% · 19
Social rented10.5% · 268
Private rented14.4% · 369
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house24.6% · 630
Semi-detached house44.5% · 1,137
Terraced house23.7% · 606
Purpose-built flat5.3% · 136
Converted house0.7% · 17
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.5% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009546- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Swale West
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 24
Parishes in the ward
BobbingBorden
Other wards in the same constituency
BBobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow13.8% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned6,441CChalkwell13.2% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned3,680HHartlip, Newington and Upchurch21.9% aged 65+ · 78.3% owned6,600HHomewood19.4% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned6,254KKemsley11.7% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned6,793MMilton Regis17.1% aged 65+ · 60.7% owned6,021MMinster Cliffs28.1% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned7,862MMurston12.3% aged 65+ · 58.6% owned6,943QQueenborough and Halfway19.9% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned8,260RRoman18.4% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned6,938SSheerness13.1% aged 65+ · 40.7% owned13,254SSheppey Central17.6% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned9,169SSheppey East20.2% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned8,355TThe Meads7.1% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned4,025
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.