Electoral wardE05011743
Aylesford & East Stour ward, Ashford
Aylesford & East Stour is one of 39 electoral wards of Ashford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,558 residents in 2,630 households — 3,075 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashford constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashford East division.
Residents, 20216,558council ward average 3,382
Households2,6302.49 residents per household
Density3,075/ km²about 2.13 km² · Ashford 231
Aged 65+10.8%Ashford: 19.5% · under 16: 23.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 492
5–97.4% · 484
10–158.3% · 542
16–194.5% · 295
20–246.0% · 391
25–3417.4% · 1,140
35–4921.1% · 1,385
50–6417.1% · 1,121
65–746.4% · 418
75–843.4% · 225
85+1.0% · 66
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.2% · 585
1 car or van44.0% · 1,158
2 cars or vans24.8% · 653
3 or more8.9% · 234
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ashford overall: 66.3% owned, 14.1% social rented, 17.8% private rented.
Owned outright17.0% · 448
With mortgage30.0% · 788
Shared ownership2.4% · 62
Social rented27.8% · 730
Private rented22.6% · 595
Lives rent free0.3% · 7
Type of home
Detached house7.6% · 199
Semi-detached house23.8% · 627
Terraced house39.0% · 1,026
Purpose-built flat27.4% · 720
Converted house0.9% · 23
Other conversion0.9% · 24
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011743- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Ashford East
- Constituency
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 39
Parishes in the ward
South Willesborough & Newtown
Other wards in the same constituency
BBeaver15.2% aged 65+ · 50.7% owned7,499BBircholt27.0% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,779BBockhanger21.9% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned2,420BBybrook22.3% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned3,364CConningbrook & Little Burton Farm10.4% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned2,104FFurley17.4% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned6,332GGoat Lees15.1% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned3,365GGodinton14.3% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned2,845HHighfield18.3% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned2,448KKennington29.9% aged 65+ · 87.7% owned2,275MMersham, Sevington South with Finberry12.0% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned2,683NNorman14.6% aged 65+ · 51.2% owned3,059PPark Farm North10.8% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned2,484PPark Farm South12.0% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned2,700
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.