Electoral wardE05009554
Minster Cliffs ward, Swale
Minster Cliffs is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,862 residents in 3,300 households — 1,534 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency; for county elections it is in the Sheppey division.
Residents, 20217,862council ward average 6,320
Households3,3002.38 residents per household
Density1,534/ km²about 5.13 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+28.1%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 299
5–94.9% · 382
10–156.1% · 479
16–193.8% · 295
20–244.2% · 334
25–3410.2% · 798
35–4915.9% · 1,247
50–6423.1% · 1,819
65–7415.9% · 1,248
75–849.8% · 769
85+2.4% · 192
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.3% · 374
1 car or van37.3% · 1,230
2 cars or vans34.0% · 1,123
3 or more17.4% · 573
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright48.7% · 1,605
With mortgage31.7% · 1,046
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented8.1% · 266
Private rented11.3% · 372
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house56.1% · 1,850
Semi-detached house29.0% · 958
Terraced house8.5% · 280
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 146
Converted house0.5% · 18
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 36
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009554- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Sheppey
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Minster-on-Sea
Other wards in the same constituency
BBobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow13.8% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned6,441BBorden and Grove Park25.1% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned6,437CChalkwell13.2% 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% owned6,021MMurston12.3% 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.