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Borden & The Meads

Middle area

West Swale. 13,606 people in 15 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Borden & The Meads’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£350,000
2,605th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
12,756
137th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Borden & The Meads compares

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Median sale price17 middle areas, Swale · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Swale17 areas from £205,000 to £385,000. The middle area is £316,000. Borden & The Meads is £350,000.
£350,0004th highest
Population17 middle areas, Swale · 2021
Population: every middle area in Swale17 areas from 5,798 to 14,037. The middle area is 8,821. Borden & The Meads is 12,756.
12,7562nd highest
Gigabit broadband coverage17 middle areas, Swale · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Swale17 areas from 19.1% to 98.0%. The middle area is 84.8%. Borden & The Meads is 91.4%.
91.4%6th highest
Claimant rate17 middle areas, Swale · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Swale17 areas from 1.9% to 6.8%. The middle area is 2.9%. Borden & The Meads is 2.5%.
2.5%4th lowest

Figures for the whole of Swale

These figures are published for the whole of Swale, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Swale and not Borden & The Meads alone. See Swale

Average house price
£298,985
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,432
171st lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
143rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
26.7
62nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Borden & The Meads in brief

The median price paid for a home in Borden & The Meads was £350,000 in 2025.

Borden & The Meads had 12,756 usual residents at the census.

In Borden & The Meads, 91.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Borden & The Meads, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.