Electoral wardE05012859
Eastry Rural ward, Dover
Eastry Rural is one of 17 electoral wards of Dover District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,396 residents in 2,686 households — 118 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dover and Deal constituency; for county elections it is in the Deal & Walmer and Dover North and Sandwich divisions.
Residents, 20216,396council ward average 6,848
Households2,6862.38 residents per household
Density118/ km²about 53.97 km² · Dover 369
Aged 65+28.3%Dover: 24.0% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 241
5–94.7% · 302
10–156.4% · 408
16–193.8% · 244
20–244.3% · 275
25–348.4% · 540
35–4915.7% · 1,002
50–6424.6% · 1,572
65–7415.1% · 967
75–849.8% · 627
85+3.4% · 218
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.2% · 246
1 car or van38.2% · 1,027
2 cars or vans34.2% · 919
3 or more18.4% · 494
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dover overall: 66.2% owned, 13.9% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright47.7% · 1,281
With mortgage26.7% · 717
Shared ownership1.3% · 36
Social rented11.1% · 297
Private rented13.1% · 351
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house41.9% · 1,125
Semi-detached house38.3% · 1,029
Terraced house11.3% · 303
Purpose-built flat4.2% · 114
Converted house1.0% · 26
Other conversion0.8% · 22
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile2.2% · 59
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012859- Council
- Dover District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Deal & Walmer, Dover North, Sandwich
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 17
Parishes in the ward
EastryNorthbourneSholdenSuttonTilmanstoneWorth
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlkham & Capel-le-Ferne35.7% aged 65+ · 84.8% owned3,167AAylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell18.2% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned11,732BBuckland15.5% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned7,545DDover Downs & River29.0% aged 65+ · 87.9% owned6,647GGuston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe28.9% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned7,976MMaxton & Elms Vale19.3% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned4,006MMiddle Deal23.6% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned7,714MMill Hill23.0% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned7,866NNorth Deal30.8% aged 65+ · 65.1% owned6,977SSt Radigunds12.5% aged 65+ · 38.1% owned7,001TTower Hamlets12.1% aged 65+ · 38.7% owned4,531TTown & Castle19.4% aged 65+ · 40.2% owned8,276WWalmer36.7% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned6,729WWhitfield24.4% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned6,511
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.