Electoral wardE05012869
Town & Castle ward, Dover
Town & Castle is one of 17 electoral wards of Dover District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,276 residents in 3,881 households — 1,308 people per km², the 2nd 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, 20218,276council ward average 6,848
Households3,8812.13 residents per household
Density1,308/ km²about 6.33 km² · Dover 369
Aged 65+19.4%Dover: 24.0% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 502
5–95.5% · 452
10–156.2% · 515
16–194.2% · 349
20–246.1% · 505
25–3414.5% · 1,199
35–4918.4% · 1,523
50–6419.6% · 1,626
65–7410.8% · 896
75–845.8% · 481
85+2.8% · 228
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van38.7% · 1,503
1 car or van42.4% · 1,645
2 cars or vans14.8% · 575
3 or more4.1% · 158
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dover overall: 66.2% owned, 13.9% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright23.0% · 892
With mortgage17.3% · 670
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented19.5% · 755
Private rented39.9% · 1,549
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house5.4% · 210
Semi-detached house12.3% · 476
Terraced house29.4% · 1,142
Purpose-built flat35.2% · 1,367
Converted house11.9% · 463
Other conversion2.6% · 102
Above shop / office2.9% · 114
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012869- Council
- Dover District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Dover Town
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 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% owned7,001TTower Hamlets12.1% aged 65+ · 38.7% owned4,531WWalmer36.7% 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.