Electoral wardE05012867
Sandwich ward, Dover
Sandwich is one of 17 electoral wards of Dover District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,090 residents in 2,824 households — 201 people per km², the 14th 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, 20216,090council ward average 6,848
Households2,8242.16 residents per household
Density201/ km²about 30.28 km² · Dover 369
Aged 65+31.3%Dover: 24.0% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 203
5–94.1% · 250
10–156.1% · 372
16–194.0% · 246
20–244.1% · 249
25–348.6% · 522
35–4914.7% · 893
50–6423.8% · 1,447
65–7416.8% · 1,025
75–8410.5% · 638
85+4.0% · 246
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.1% · 455
1 car or van44.1% · 1,244
2 cars or vans27.9% · 787
3 or more12.0% · 338
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dover overall: 66.2% owned, 13.9% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright47.2% · 1,332
With mortgage24.3% · 687
Shared ownership0.6% · 18
Social rented11.6% · 327
Private rented16.1% · 454
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house24.0% · 678
Semi-detached house37.8% · 1,067
Terraced house26.8% · 757
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 196
Converted house1.1% · 31
Other conversion1.6% · 46
Above shop / office1.0% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 21
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012867- Council
- Dover District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Sandwich
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 17
Parishes in the ward
SandwichWoodnesboroughWorth
Other wards in the same constituency
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.