Electoral wardE05012868
Tower Hamlets ward, Dover
Tower Hamlets is one of 17 electoral wards of Dover District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,531 residents in 1,997 households — 7,351 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dover and Deal constituency; for county elections it is in the Dover Town division.
Residents, 20214,531council ward average 6,848
Households1,9972.27 residents per household
Density7,351/ km²about 0.62 km² · Dover 369
Aged 65+12.1%Dover: 24.0% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 342
5–97.2% · 325
10–158.3% · 374
16–194.4% · 199
20–246.2% · 283
25–3416.0% · 723
35–4920.6% · 934
50–6417.7% · 801
65–747.9% · 357
75–843.4% · 154
85+0.9% · 39
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van38.9% · 777
1 car or van41.0% · 818
2 cars or vans15.9% · 317
3 or more4.3% · 85
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dover overall: 66.2% owned, 13.9% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright17.7% · 353
With mortgage21.0% · 420
Shared ownership0.9% · 18
Social rented24.5% · 489
Private rented35.7% · 714
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 60
Semi-detached house13.3% · 265
Terraced house53.2% · 1,061
Purpose-built flat22.1% · 441
Converted house4.5% · 89
Other conversion2.0% · 39
Above shop / office2.1% · 41
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012868- Council
- Dover District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Dover Town
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Dover
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% owned6,647EEastry Rural28.3% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned6,396GGuston, 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% owned7,001TTown & 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.