Electoral wardE05009566
West Downs ward, Swale
West Downs is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,908 residents in 1,157 households — 117 people per km², the 22nd 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, 20212,908council ward average 6,320
Households1,1572.51 residents per household
Density117/ km²about 24.83 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+23.9%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 133
5–95.3% · 154
10–157.0% · 203
16–193.7% · 108
20–245.5% · 159
25–348.2% · 239
35–4917.2% · 500
50–6424.6% · 716
65–7412.8% · 371
75–848.6% · 249
85+2.6% · 76
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.3% · 73
1 car or van31.5% · 364
2 cars or vans37.0% · 428
3 or more25.2% · 292
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright46.5% · 538
With mortgage34.1% · 394
Shared ownership0.4% · 5
Social rented6.1% · 70
Private rented12.9% · 149
Type of home
Detached house54.7% · 633
Semi-detached house34.1% · 394
Terraced house9.3% · 108
Purpose-built flat0.3% · 4
Converted house0.3% · 3
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009566- 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
- 22 of 24
Parishes in the ward
BapchildBredgarMilsteadRodmershamTunstall
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% owned6,760WWatling20.0% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned6,765
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.