Electoral wardE05012871
Whitfield ward, Dover
Whitfield is one of 17 electoral wards of Dover District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,511 residents in 2,697 households — 920 people per km², the 12th 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 and Dover West divisions.
Residents, 20216,511council ward average 6,848
Households2,6972.41 residents per household
Density920/ km²about 7.08 km² · Dover 369
Aged 65+24.4%Dover: 24.0% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 357
5–95.7% · 371
10–157.1% · 465
16–194.1% · 270
20–244.4% · 289
25–3411.4% · 744
35–4918.1% · 1,180
50–6419.1% · 1,243
65–7412.2% · 793
75–848.5% · 554
85+3.7% · 243
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.0% · 404
1 car or van39.1% · 1,054
2 cars or vans33.5% · 904
3 or more12.4% · 335
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dover overall: 66.2% owned, 13.9% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright43.9% · 1,184
With mortgage32.8% · 886
Shared ownership1.2% · 32
Social rented13.0% · 350
Private rented9.0% · 244
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house38.3% · 1,033
Semi-detached house35.2% · 950
Terraced house13.7% · 369
Purpose-built flat11.4% · 308
Converted house0.7% · 18
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012871- Council
- Dover District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Dover Town, Dover West
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 17
Parishes in the ward
DoverWhitfield
Council offices in this ward
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% owned4,531TTown & Castle19.4% aged 65+ · 40.2% owned8,276WWalmer36.7% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned6,729
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.