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Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway · Sevenoaks

Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway: your neighbourhood

Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 45.6% here, compared with 37.3% across Sevenoaks (8.3 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 10.5% here, compared with 15.6% across Sevenoaks (5.1 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Homes rented privately: 17% here, compared with 13% across Sevenoaks (3.6 percentage points higher).

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

18.8%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

471 out of 2,503.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

2.8%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

69 out of 2,500.

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People counted in the census

2,502

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

2,502 out of 2,502.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

45.6%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

892 out of 1,954.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

38.7%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

371 out of 959.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

10.3%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

99 out of 959.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

37.3%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

728 out of 1,951.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

60.3%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,176 out of 1,951.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

1.9%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

37 out of 1,951.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

10.5%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

206 out of 1,954.

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Homes rented privately

17%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

163 out of 960.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

21.8%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

426 out of 1,951.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

14%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

133 out of 960.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.4%

21 March 2021 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

47 out of 1,951.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

59 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 87 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 8 mapped crimes in September 2024; 2 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 202481
October 202431
November 202470
December 202490
January 2025170
February 202531
March 202560
April 202550
May 2025122
June 202553
July 202552
August 202571
September 202530
October 202550
November 2025100
December 2025100
January 202671
February 202630
March 202621
April 202650
May 202650
June 202631
July 202640
August 202621
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime23
vehicle crime9
criminal damage arson7
burglary6
other theft5
possession of weapons3
drugs3
other crime3
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Sevenoaks →