Electoral wardE05009564
The Meads ward, Swale
The Meads is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,025 residents in 1,421 households — 3,869 people per km², the 20th 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, 20214,025council ward average 6,320
Households1,4212.83 residents per household
Density3,869/ km²about 1.04 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+7.1%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 27.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.7% · 311
5–98.3% · 335
10–1511.0% · 442
16–195.7% · 228
20–245.6% · 225
25–3414.9% · 599
35–4925.3% · 1,019
50–6414.5% · 585
65–744.7% · 190
75–842.1% · 83
85+0.3% · 12
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.7% · 110
1 car or van38.3% · 544
2 cars or vans40.7% · 578
3 or more13.3% · 189
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright16.4% · 234
With mortgage51.3% · 731
Shared ownership4.7% · 67
Social rented9.7% · 138
Private rented17.8% · 254
Type of home
Detached house29.7% · 422
Semi-detached house24.4% · 347
Terraced house27.6% · 393
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 246
Converted house0.1% · 1
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.8% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009564- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Swale West
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Bobbing
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% owned6,938SSheerness13.1% aged 65+ · 40.7% owned13,254SSheppey Central17.6% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned9,169SSheppey East20.2% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned8,355
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.