Electoral wardE05011749
Charing ward, Ashford
Charing is one of 39 electoral wards of Ashford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,712 residents in 1,198 households — 133 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Weald of Kent constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashford Rural West division.
Residents, 20212,712council ward average 3,382
Households1,1982.26 residents per household
Density133/ km²about 20.41 km² · Ashford 231
Aged 65+31.4%Ashford: 19.5% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 114
5–94.4% · 118
10–156.2% · 167
16–194.1% · 111
20–243.5% · 96
25–347.3% · 197
35–4916.0% · 434
50–6423.0% · 623
65–7415.5% · 421
75–8411.3% · 307
85+4.6% · 124
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.3% · 124
1 car or van38.0% · 456
2 cars or vans33.2% · 398
3 or more18.4% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ashford overall: 66.3% owned, 14.1% social rented, 17.8% private rented.
Owned outright46.2% · 553
With mortgage25.3% · 303
Shared ownership1.3% · 15
Social rented14.6% · 175
Private rented12.4% · 148
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house43.9% · 526
Semi-detached house27.0% · 323
Terraced house10.8% · 129
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 72
Converted house1.4% · 17
Other conversion1.6% · 19
Above shop / office1.2% · 14
Caravan, mobile8.2% · 98
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011749- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Ashford Rural West
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 39
Parishes in the ward
Charing
Other wards in the same constituency
BBiddenden29.2% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned3,044DDowns North25.0% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned2,581DDowns West22.4% aged 65+ · 89.7% owned1,333GGoat Lees15.1% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned3,365IIsle of Oxney28.9% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned2,728KKingsnorth Village & Bridgefield14.1% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned2,569RRolvenden & Tenterden West33.0% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned2,373SSaxon Shore25.9% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned2,644TTenterden North40.7% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned2,148TTenterden South33.8% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned2,752TTenterden St Michael's31.1% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned2,742UUpper Weald25.5% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned2,636WWeald Central25.2% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned4,343WWeald North25.1% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned2,503
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.