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Electoral wardE05010019
Folkestone Harbour ward, Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone Harbour is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,638 residents in 3,015 households — 2,456 people per km², the 9th 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, 20216,638council ward average 8,443
Households3,0152.2 residents per household
Density2,456/ km²about 2.70 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+17.1%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 21.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 432
5–96.6% · 438
10–158.4% · 556
16–194.1% · 271
20–245.5% · 367
25–3412.3% · 813
35–4918.8% · 1,249
50–6420.7% · 1,374
65–7410.5% · 698
75–844.9% · 323
85+1.7% · 112
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.6% · 1,014
1 car or van43.0% · 1,297
2 cars or vans17.9% · 540
3 or more5.4% · 163
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.
Owned outright24.5% · 738
With mortgage22.3% · 673
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented20.5% · 618
Private rented32.4% · 976
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house7.3% · 219
Semi-detached house19.2% · 578
Terraced house32.0% · 965
Purpose-built flat27.5% · 830
Converted house11.3% · 340
Other conversion1.5% · 44
Above shop / office0.8% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010019- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Folkestone East
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 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% owned13,519EEast Folkestone14.9% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned11,551FFolkestone Central21.9% aged 65+ · 37.5% owned10,313HHythe36.7% 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.