Electoral wardE05011773
Tenterden St Michael's ward, Ashford
Tenterden St Michael's is one of 39 electoral wards of Ashford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,742 residents in 1,149 households — 355 people per km², the 19th 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, 20212,742council ward average 3,382
Households1,1492.39 residents per household
Density355/ km²about 7.73 km² · Ashford 231
Aged 65+31.1%Ashford: 19.5% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 112
5–94.4% · 121
10–156.1% · 168
16–195.0% · 138
20–244.1% · 112
25–348.2% · 224
35–4915.3% · 420
50–6421.6% · 592
65–7414.6% · 401
75–8411.6% · 317
85+4.9% · 135
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.6% · 133
1 car or van34.9% · 401
2 cars or vans35.2% · 404
3 or more18.4% · 211
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ashford overall: 66.3% owned, 14.1% social rented, 17.8% private rented.
Owned outright50.2% · 577
With mortgage28.2% · 324
Shared ownership1.1% · 13
Social rented7.8% · 90
Private rented12.5% · 144
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house51.8% · 595
Semi-detached house31.8% · 365
Terraced house9.1% · 105
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 68
Converted house0.6% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011773- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tenterden
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 22 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 South33.8% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned2,752UUpper 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.