Electoral wardE05009565
Watling ward, Swale
Watling is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,765 residents in 2,760 households — 1,520 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency; for county elections it is in the Faversham division.
Residents, 20216,765council ward average 6,320
Households2,7602.45 residents per household
Density1,520/ km²about 4.45 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+20.0%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 412
5–96.2% · 423
10–158.4% · 568
16–194.2% · 281
20–244.4% · 298
25–3411.9% · 803
35–4919.1% · 1,293
50–6419.7% · 1,336
65–7410.5% · 708
75–846.7% · 453
85+2.9% · 193
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.8% · 436
1 car or van46.4% · 1,280
2 cars or vans29.1% · 802
3 or more8.7% · 241
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright35.5% · 979
With mortgage31.7% · 875
Shared ownership1.8% · 51
Social rented19.5% · 537
Private rented11.5% · 317
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house22.7% · 627
Semi-detached house33.0% · 912
Terraced house33.2% · 917
Purpose-built flat8.7% · 241
Converted house1.1% · 31
Other conversion0.7% · 19
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009565- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Faversham
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Faversham
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey23.0% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned5,273BBoughton and Courtenay24.3% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned5,798EEast Downs26.0% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned2,761PPriory22.3% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned2,902SSt Ann's21.9% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned5,497TTeynham and Lynsted18.9% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned6,760WWest 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.