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Electoral wardE05010018
Folkestone Central ward, Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone Central is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,313 residents in 5,633 households — 6,338 people per km², the 5th 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, 202110,313council ward average 8,443
Households5,6331.83 residents per household
Density6,338/ km²about 1.63 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+21.9%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 469
5–94.2% · 432
10–154.8% · 493
16–192.9% · 304
20–245.8% · 599
25–3415.6% · 1,611
35–4919.6% · 2,021
50–6420.6% · 2,128
65–7410.6% · 1,096
75–847.1% · 734
85+4.1% · 424
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van42.9% · 2,417
1 car or van43.9% · 2,472
2 cars or vans10.9% · 613
3 or more2.3% · 130
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.
Owned outright22.6% · 1,272
With mortgage14.9% · 839
Shared ownership0.7% · 41
Social rented9.8% · 550
Private rented51.9% · 2,924
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house3.3% · 187
Semi-detached house5.0% · 279
Terraced house6.2% · 350
Purpose-built flat46.4% · 2,616
Converted house29.1% · 1,639
Other conversion5.4% · 306
Above shop / office4.5% · 251
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010018- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Folkestone West
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 13
Parishes in the ward
Folkestone
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBroadmead24.5% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,201CCheriton16.5% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned13,519EEast Folkestone14.9% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned11,551FFolkestone 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.