Electoral wardE05011759
Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield ward, Ashford
Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield is one of 39 electoral wards of Ashford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,569 residents in 972 households — 342 people per km², the 28th 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 South division.
Residents, 20212,569council ward average 3,382
Households9722.64 residents per household
Density342/ km²about 7.52 km² · Ashford 231
Aged 65+14.1%Ashford: 19.5% · under 16: 23.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.1% · 209
5–97.7% · 199
10–157.4% · 190
16–193.7% · 94
20–244.5% · 116
25–3415.4% · 395
35–4920.7% · 532
50–6418.3% · 471
65–748.3% · 212
75–844.4% · 113
85+1.5% · 38
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.4% · 72
1 car or van36.7% · 357
2 cars or vans39.7% · 386
3 or more16.2% · 158
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ashford overall: 66.3% owned, 14.1% social rented, 17.8% private rented.
Owned outright29.5% · 286
With mortgage48.2% · 468
Shared ownership2.9% · 28
Social rented5.9% · 57
Private rented13.5% · 131
Type of home
Detached house47.5% · 461
Semi-detached house28.6% · 278
Terraced house15.7% · 152
Purpose-built flat7.0% · 68
Converted house0.5% · 5
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011759- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Ashford Rural South
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 39
Parishes in the ward
Kingsnorth
Other wards in the same constituency
BBiddenden29.2% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned3,044CCharing31.4% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned2,712DDowns 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% owned2,728RRolvenden & 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.