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People and place
A population and household snapshot for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population116,581
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth East
Age profile
0 to 1722.6% · 26,397 people
18 to 246.9% · 8,061 people
25 to 3413.2% · 15,383 people
35 to 4919.8% · 23,069 people
50 to 6419.3% · 22,465 people
65 and over18.2% · 21,206 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
44,242 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners66.5% · 29,401 households
Private renters19.4% · 8,599 households
Social renters12.8% · 5,659 households
Other tenure1.3% · 583 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
44,242 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households26.2% · 11,574 households
Families with dependent children31.6% · 13,962 households
Other single-family households38.4% · 16,970 households
Other household types3.9% · 1,736 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
113,014 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot8.7% · 9,817 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little11.1% · 12,539 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act80.2% · 90,658 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026
Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office
Signatures in this constituency423
Signatures nationally206,593
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded56
Total awarded£3,257,838
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 17 June 2026
Landings: Creative Development of a New International Theatre Project
Dante or Die Theatre Limited
£28,290
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
Landings: Creative Development of a New International Theatre Project - Theatre - National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery grantAwarded 11 June 2026
GROWING HARMONY
The Harmony Therapy Trust
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
The Harmony Therapy Trust - Health & Wellbeing - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 11 June 2026
Joining lives together
Medway Puzzles
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Medway Puzzles - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 3 June 2026
Swale from the water
Raybel Charters Community Interest Company
£16,475
The National Lottery Heritage Fund · Heritage
About this award
Raybel Charters is a maritime heritage community company. Our work is based around themes of water, trade, transport, heritage, nature and people. We undertook the restoration of Sailing Barge Raybel on Milton Creek, where she was built in 1920. The restoration won the 2025 National Historic Ships Award for Conservation Excellence. Approaching our second sailing season, this project will test a new idea of ‘themed sails’ as a core part of our community offer. We want to provide these at very low cost, so as not to restrict access for people on lower incomes, and to encourage as much uptake as possible. This will help us establish levels of demand and learn more about the offer we need to be providing long term. The communities we are targeting, close to Milton Creek and on the Isle of Sheppey, are amongst the 10% most deprived in Kent, and nationally.
National Lottery grantAwarded 28 May 2026
Boxing for Parkinsons
Swale Gloves Amateur Boxing Club
£5,020
Sport England · Sport
About this award
This project will deliver two weekly non-contact boxing-based fitness classes for people living with Parkinson's in Sittingbourne. Funding will specifically support facility hire and equipment.
51 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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