Electoral wardE05009549
East Downs ward, Swale
East Downs is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,761 residents in 1,162 households — 46 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency; for county elections it is in the Swale East division.
Residents, 20212,761council ward average 6,320
Households1,1622.38 residents per household
Density46/ km²about 60.02 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+26.0%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 13.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 90
5–94.6% · 128
10–155.9% · 163
16–193.9% · 107
20–244.7% · 131
25–347.8% · 214
35–4916.7% · 460
50–6427.2% · 750
65–7413.7% · 378
75–849.2% · 253
85+3.1% · 85
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.4% · 86
1 car or van33.2% · 386
2 cars or vans35.0% · 407
3 or more24.4% · 284
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright43.4% · 504
With mortgage27.5% · 319
Shared ownership0.5% · 6
Social rented13.2% · 153
Private rented15.5% · 180
Type of home
Detached house47.5% · 552
Semi-detached house32.6% · 379
Terraced house16.1% · 187
Purpose-built flat0.6% · 7
Converted house0.9% · 10
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office0.6% · 7
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009549- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Swale East
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 24
Parishes in the ward
BadlesmereDoddingtonEastlingLeavelandNewnhamOspringeStalisfieldThrowley
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey23.0% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned5,273BBoughton and Courtenay24.3% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned5,798PPriory22.3% 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.