Electoral wardE05010016
Cheriton ward, Folkestone and Hythe
Cheriton is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,519 residents in 5,305 households — 2,685 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency; for county elections it is in the Cheriton, Sandgate & Hythe East and Folkestone West divisions.
Residents, 202113,519council ward average 8,443
Households5,3052.55 residents per household
Density2,685/ km²about 5.04 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+16.5%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 800
5–96.2% · 842
10–157.8% · 1,055
16–194.6% · 618
20–245.4% · 725
25–3414.9% · 2,018
35–4919.3% · 2,610
50–6419.3% · 2,613
65–749.3% · 1,252
75–845.3% · 715
85+2.0% · 269
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.5% · 981
1 car or van45.8% · 2,430
2 cars or vans27.7% · 1,470
3 or more8.0% · 425
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.
Owned outright30.4% · 1,612
With mortgage32.4% · 1,721
Shared ownership1.3% · 68
Social rented12.7% · 676
Private rented23.0% · 1,219
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house9.8% · 518
Semi-detached house30.2% · 1,600
Terraced house45.8% · 2,430
Purpose-built flat9.4% · 499
Converted house2.9% · 152
Other conversion0.6% · 32
Above shop / office1.3% · 71
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010016- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Cheriton, Sandgate & Hythe East, Folkestone West
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 13
Parishes in the ward
Folkestone
Other wards in the same constituency
BBroadmead24.5% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,201EEast 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.