Electoral wardE05011772
Tenterden South ward, Ashford
Tenterden South is one of 39 electoral wards of Ashford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,752 residents in 1,293 households — 234 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Weald of Kent constituency; for county elections it is in the Tenterden division.
Residents, 20212,752council ward average 3,382
Households1,2932.13 residents per household
Density234/ km²about 11.77 km² · Ashford 231
Aged 65+33.8%Ashford: 19.5% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 131
5–94.5% · 125
10–155.9% · 161
16–193.9% · 108
20–245.0% · 137
25–348.2% · 226
35–4913.6% · 373
50–6420.3% · 560
65–7415.5% · 427
75–8412.1% · 332
85+6.2% · 172
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.8% · 230
1 car or van43.6% · 564
2 cars or vans26.8% · 347
3 or more11.8% · 152
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ashford overall: 66.3% owned, 14.1% social rented, 17.8% private rented.
Owned outright46.1% · 596
With mortgage20.4% · 264
Shared ownership3.6% · 46
Social rented17.6% · 228
Private rented12.1% · 157
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house33.5% · 432
Semi-detached house29.4% · 380
Terraced house17.8% · 230
Purpose-built flat17.0% · 220
Converted house0.9% · 11
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.8% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011772- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tenterden
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 39
Parishes in the ward
Tenterden
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% owned2,728KKingsnorth 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 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.