Electoral wardE05009560
Sheerness ward, Swale
Sheerness is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,254 residents in 5,248 households — 2,413 people per km², the 1st 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, 202113,254council ward average 6,320
Households5,2482.53 residents per household
Density2,413/ km²about 5.49 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+13.1%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 25.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.2% · 1,082
5–98.1% · 1,069
10–159.3% · 1,229
16–195.0% · 656
20–246.1% · 805
25–3414.3% · 1,889
35–4917.7% · 2,344
50–6418.4% · 2,440
65–747.5% · 996
75–844.3% · 570
85+1.3% · 171
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.5% · 1,808
1 car or van40.6% · 2,129
2 cars or vans18.6% · 976
3 or more6.4% · 335
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright20.8% · 1,094
With mortgage19.8% · 1,040
Shared ownership0.6% · 29
Social rented22.4% · 1,173
Private rented36.4% · 1,909
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house4.0% · 210
Semi-detached house24.9% · 1,306
Terraced house48.7% · 2,556
Purpose-built flat12.9% · 679
Converted house5.4% · 282
Other conversion1.2% · 61
Above shop / office2.2% · 117
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 38
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009560- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Sheppey
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Sheerness
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% owned6,021MMinster 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% owned6,938SSheppey 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.