Electoral wardE05009567
Woodstock ward, Swale
Woodstock is one of 24 electoral wards of Swale Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,986 residents in 2,409 households — 2,833 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency; for county elections it is in the Sittingbourne South division.
Residents, 20215,986council ward average 6,320
Households2,4092.48 residents per household
Density2,833/ km²about 2.11 km² · Swale 406
Aged 65+27.0%Swale: 19.1% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 222
5–96.0% · 358
10–157.9% · 470
16–194.4% · 261
20–244.5% · 269
25–348.4% · 500
35–4918.9% · 1,128
50–6419.4% · 1,161
65–7412.9% · 773
75–8410.0% · 600
85+4.0% · 241
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.5% · 253
1 car or van40.4% · 973
2 cars or vans35.7% · 860
3 or more13.4% · 323
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swale overall: 67.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 18.4% private rented.
Owned outright47.4% · 1,142
With mortgage34.6% · 834
Shared ownership2.6% · 63
Social rented7.7% · 186
Private rented7.7% · 185
Type of home
Detached house32.3% · 779
Semi-detached house50.1% · 1,208
Terraced house9.8% · 237
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 173
Converted house0.1% · 3
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009567- Council
- Swale Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Sittingbourne South
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Tunstall
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.