Electoral wardE05012861
Little Stour & Ashstone ward, Dover
Little Stour & Ashstone is one of 17 electoral wards of Dover District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,246 residents in 3,008 households — 110 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency; for county elections it is in the Sandwich division.
Residents, 20217,246council ward average 6,848
Households3,0082.41 residents per household
Density110/ km²about 65.69 km² · Dover 369
Aged 65+25.8%Dover: 24.0% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 273
5–95.1% · 370
10–157.0% · 504
16–194.3% · 309
20–244.1% · 299
25–349.1% · 658
35–4916.6% · 1,202
50–6424.3% · 1,761
65–7414.2% · 1,029
75–848.9% · 646
85+2.7% · 195
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.9% · 268
1 car or van36.4% · 1,094
2 cars or vans36.8% · 1,105
3 or more17.9% · 539
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dover overall: 66.2% owned, 13.9% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright43.9% · 1,321
With mortgage29.0% · 871
Shared ownership0.9% · 27
Social rented11.6% · 350
Private rented14.5% · 435
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house43.2% · 1,299
Semi-detached house34.8% · 1,048
Terraced house16.8% · 507
Purpose-built flat2.5% · 74
Converted house0.7% · 22
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 37
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012861- Council
- Dover District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Sandwich
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 17
Parishes in the ward
AshGoodnestonePrestonStapleStourmouthWingham
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.