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Electoral wardE05010017
East Folkestone ward, Folkestone and Hythe
East Folkestone is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,551 residents in 4,786 households — 4,202 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency; for county elections it is in the Folkestone East division.
Residents, 202111,551council ward average 8,443
Households4,7862.41 residents per household
Density4,202/ km²about 2.75 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+14.9%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 690
5–97.0% · 814
10–158.8% · 1,014
16–194.6% · 526
20–245.7% · 660
25–3413.8% · 1,590
35–4919.5% · 2,257
50–6419.7% · 2,274
65–748.8% · 1,020
75–844.6% · 531
85+1.5% · 175
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.8% · 1,332
1 car or van44.2% · 2,113
2 cars or vans21.3% · 1,017
3 or more6.8% · 323
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.
Owned outright26.6% · 1,271
With mortgage27.7% · 1,327
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented18.5% · 887
Private rented26.9% · 1,286
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house4.7% · 224
Semi-detached house27.8% · 1,329
Terraced house43.7% · 2,093
Purpose-built flat14.6% · 697
Converted house7.8% · 374
Other conversion0.6% · 29
Above shop / office0.7% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010017- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Folkestone East
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 13
Parishes in the ward
Folkestone
Other wards in the same constituency
BBroadmead24.5% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,201CCheriton16.5% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned13,519FFolkestone 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.