Electoral wardE05010015
Broadmead ward, Folkestone and Hythe
Broadmead is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,201 residents in 1,781 households — 2,625 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency; for county elections it is in the Folkestone West division.
Residents, 20214,201council ward average 8,443
Households1,7812.36 residents per household
Density2,625/ km²about 1.60 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+24.5%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 203
5–95.4% · 226
10–156.6% · 278
16–192.8% · 119
20–244.1% · 173
25–3412.0% · 504
35–4918.2% · 763
50–6421.5% · 901
65–7413.3% · 560
75–848.2% · 342
85+3.0% · 127
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.8% · 316
1 car or van45.2% · 803
2 cars or vans27.6% · 490
3 or more9.5% · 169
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.
Owned outright42.7% · 761
With mortgage29.5% · 526
Shared ownership0.6% · 10
Social rented5.3% · 95
Private rented21.8% · 389
Type of home
Detached house25.7% · 458
Semi-detached house35.3% · 629
Terraced house19.3% · 345
Purpose-built flat7.0% · 124
Converted house11.8% · 211
Other conversion0.7% · 12
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010015- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Folkestone West
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 13
Parishes in the ward
Folkestone
Other wards in the same constituency
CCheriton16.5% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned13,519EEast Folkestone14.9% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned11,551FFolkestone Central21.9% aged 65+ · 37.5% owned10,313FFolkestone Harbour17.1% aged 65+ · 46.8% owned6,638HHythe36.7% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned11,110HHythe Rural28.8% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned6,210NNew Romney33.7% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned7,252RRomney Marsh38.0% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned7,108SSandgate & West Folkestone25.7% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned6,062WWalland & Denge Marsh26.2% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned7,869
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.