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Seal and Weald · Sevenoaks

Seal and Weald: your neighbourhood

Seal and Weald electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 48.9% here, compared with 37.3% across Sevenoaks (11.5 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: 12.7% here, compared with 15.6% across Sevenoaks (2.9 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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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 10.8% here, compared with 13.6% across Sevenoaks (2.8 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

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

21.1%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

906 out of 4,287.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

2.8%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

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

122 out of 4,286.

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People counted in the census

4,287

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

4,287 out of 4,287.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

48.9%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,656 out of 3,389.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

38.6%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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

656 out of 1,699.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

10.8%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

184 out of 1,699.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

42.1%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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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

1,426 out of 3,387.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

55.9%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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

1,895 out of 3,387.

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

1.9%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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

64 out of 3,387.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

12.7%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

430 out of 3,389.

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Homes rented privately

13%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

217 out of 1,699.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

25.3%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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

858 out of 3,387.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

13%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

220 out of 1,699.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

1.9%

21 March 2021 · Seal and Weald

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

66 out of 3,387.

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Crime and safety

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

268 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 296 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Seal and Weald 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: 20 mapped crimes in September 2024; 17 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 · Seal and Weald
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024201
October 2024281
November 2024180
December 2024193
January 2025364
February 2025320
March 2025212
April 2025243
May 2025313
June 2025160
July 2025247
August 2025274
September 2025264
October 2025272
November 2025153
December 2025300
January 2026150
February 2026220
March 2026184
April 2026292
May 2026162
June 2026341
July 2026196
August 2026171
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Seal and Weald
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime180
burglary23
criminal damage arson16
vehicle crime16
other theft15
other crime9
drugs4
public order4
possession of weapons1
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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What could improve local safety →

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 →